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A,  Selected  List  of  Plays 


FOR 


Amateurs  and  Students  of  Dramatic 

Expression  in  Schools 

and  Colleges 


Compiled  by 

Elizabeth  A.  McFadden 

AND 

Lilian  E.  Davis 


■With  an  Introduction  by 

LUDELLA  L.  PECK 

Professor  of  Elocution.  Smith  College 


CINCINNATI 

E.  A.  McFadden 

Box  328 
1908 


MW  ^90/ 


Copyright  1908 

EY 

E.  A.  McFADDEN 


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Introduction 

A  list  of  plays  suitable  for  amateurs  and  students 
of  dramatic  expression  in  schools  and  colleges  seems 
to  me  to  meet  a  distinct  need.  There  is  a  growing 
feeling  in  our  educational  institutions  that  dramatic 
study  not  only  serves  to  afford  pleasurable  enter- 
tainment, but  forms  an  important  element  in  educa- 
tional discipline.  There  are  few  schools  that  do 
not  give  one  or  more  plays  each  year,  often  devoting 
to  them  much  serious  study. 

During  the  past  few  years  I  have  received  fre- 
quent letters  from  teachers  and  superintendents  of 
schools  asking  me  to  recommend  plays  suitable  for 
their  purpose.  It  is  a  difficult  matter  to  give  advice 
in  individual  cases,  and  involves  a  considerable 
amount  of  work:  I  welcome  most  heartily  this 
systematized  effort  to  give  in  compact  form  the 
information  needed.  I  have  carefully  examined  the 
Hst  of  plays  here  presented  and  I  gladly  give  it  my 
sincere  commendation. 

LuDELLA  L.  Peck. 

Smith  College, 
Northampton,  Mass.,  September,  igoy. 


Preface 

The  list  herewith  offered  is  intended  to  be  a 
"first  aid"  to  the  amateur  actor  and  dramatic  stu- 
dent :  to  suggest  the  various  firms  who  pubhsh 
plays,  to  note  some  of  their  publications  which  seem 
to  the  compilers  to  be  especially  adapted  to  amateur 
standards,  to  collect  the  elusive  but  valuable  material 
existing  in  manuscript  form  or  published  by  the 
author,  and  to  call  to  mind  the  beautiful  dramatic 
poems  by  our  standard  authors  which  lie  at  hand  in 
every  library.  The  work  of  putting  these  poems 
into  acting  form  is  often  one  of  the  most  interesting 
tasks  of  the  presentation. 

The  list    makes  no  pretense  at  being  compre- 
hensive.    Whatever  value  it  may  possess  lies  rather 
in    its    exclusiveness.       Any    one    seeking    a    large 
knowledge  of  the  dramatic  literature  open  to  amateur 
>j     players  should  secure  the  theatrical  trade  catalogues 
\t     and  the  lists  of   the    play-brokers   who   handle  the 
-^     recent      professional     successes.       These    with    a 
'     thorough    searching    of    the    classics,    ancient    and 
modern,  and  of  the  best  magazines,  will  about  cover 
the  field.     The  excellent  catalogues  issued  by  the 
theatrical  publishers  and  sent  free  to  any   address, 
render  an  extensive  listing  of  the  standard  drama 
unnecessary. 

/Every  play  here  entered  has  been  read  by  one 
of  the  compilers,  and  a  list  of  those  read  and  dis- 
carded would  fill  a  book  many  times  the  size  of  the 

5 


present  volume.  The  basis  of  selection  has  been 
high  moral  tone,  literary  distinction  and  suitability 
for  amateur  production.  The  second  of  these  qual- 
ities implies  the  last,  since  the  chief  good  of  amateur 
dramatics,  as  of  all  other  amateur  work,  lies  in  its 
cultural  value  to  the  actor  himself,  and  the  lines 
which  one  tediously  makes  one's  own  should,  if 
possible,  be  worth  memorizing. 

Other  attempts  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  amateur 
play-giver  may  prove  of  interest  and  are  here  given  : 

Burton,  C.  E.  Selected  Parlor  Plays.  (In  his 
Burton's  Amateur  Actor.     1876.     p.  142-9.) 

Hodson,  Shirley.  Plays  Suitable  for  Private 
Performance,  (In  his  Private  Theatricals,  Lond. 
1881.     Allen.) 

Hogg,  Wentworth.  Guide  to  Selecting  Plays. 
New  ed.  N.  Y.  1906.  French.  25c.  [Lists  some 
two  thousand  plays.] 

James,  M.  E.  What  Shall  We  Act;  or,  A 
Hundred  Plays  from  Which  to  Choose.  Ed.  3. 
Lond.  1882.     Bell, 

Salem  Public  Library.  [List  of]  Amateur  Theat- 
ricals, (In  Salem  Public  Library  Bulletin,  v.  7, 
no,  24,  October,  1905,) 

The  compilers  owe  much  to  the  suggestions  and 
assistance  of  librarians  and  publishers,  and  to  per- 
sonal friends,  and  are  especially  indebted  to  the 
kindness  of  Miss  Ludella  L,  Peck  of  Smith  College 
and   Mr,   F.    E.   Chase  of  Boston, 


Contents 

General  List 9 

Plays  for  Children 51 

Christmas   Plays 65 

Bibliographies  of    Christmas   Literature   ....  71 

Appendix  A  : 

Outdoor  Plays  yj 

Outdoor  Plays  for  Children 75 

Appendix  B  : 

Old  English  Plays 77 

Addenda 79 


A  Selected  List  of  Plays 


GENERAL  LIST 

Aeschylus. 

Prometheus  Bound;  tr.  by  E.  B.  Browning, 
mythical,  tragical  play,  expurgated,  condensed 
and  arranged  for  schools.  N.  Y.  Werner 
Pub.  Co.     35c. 

Parts:  any  number;  time:  1  hour;  scene:  a  deso- 
late place  in  Scythia.  Also  published  in  Werner's 
Magazine,  v.  27,  April,  1901. 

Aldrich,  Thomas  Bailey. 

Corydon  :  a  pastoral.      (In  his  Sisters'  Tragedy, 
and  Other  Poems.  Bost.  1891.     Houghton.) 
Parts:  2  men  ;     time  :  5  minutes  ;     scene  :  a  roadside 
in  Arcady. 

J^       Pauline    Pavlovna.       (In    his   Sisters'   Tragedy, 

'  and  Other  Poems.     Bost.  1891.     Houghton.) 

Parts :   1  man,   1  woman,  attendants  ;     time  :  about 

15    minutes  ;     scene :    interior  of  a    palace  in  St. 

Petersburg. 

Alma-Tadema,  Laurence. 

The  Silent  Voice :  a  play.     (In  Harper's  Mag- 
zine,  V.  93,  1896.) 

Parts:  1  man,  4  women,  a  little  page  ;  time:  about 
45  minutes  ;     scene  :  the  Duchess's  room. 

Austen,  Jane. 

Novels. 

For  dramatizations  of  her  works  see  Rosina  Filippi's 
Duologues  and  Scenes  from  the  Novels  of  Jane 
Austen,  also  Mrs.  Steele  Mackaye's  Pride  and 
Prejudice. 

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Austin,  Alfred. 

A  Lesson  in  Harmony.     N.  Y.  1904.    French. 
25c. 

Parts  :  3  men,  1  woman  ;     time  :  about  45  minutes  ; 
scene  :  a  suburban  garden  near  London. 

^  Bangs,  John  Kendrick. 

The      Bicyclers,     and    Three     Other     Farces. 

N.  Y.  1896.     Harper. 
Contents: 

The  Bicyclers. 

Parts:  4  men,  3  women  ;  time:  about  30  minutes  ; 
scene:  an  interior. 

A  Dramatic  Evening. 

Parts:  4  men,  3  women  ;  time:  about  30  minutes  ; 
scene:  an  interior. 

The  Fatal  Message. 

Parts:  4  men,  4  women  5  time:  about  30  minutes  ; 
scene:  an  interior. 

A  Proposal  under  Difficulties. 

Parts:  2  men,  2  women  ;  time:  about  30  minutes  ; 
scene:  an  interior. 

The   Worsted   Man:    a  musical  play  for  ama- 
teurs.    N.  Y.  1905.     Harper. 

Parts:  2  men,  8  women,  attendants,  etc.;  time: 
about  lYz  hours  ;  scene:  the  office  of  a  summer 
hotel.  The  music  required  for  this  play  is  from 
the  operas  of  Gilbert  and  Sullivan. 

Barnum,  Madelene  Demarest.  < 

Our  Aunt   from   California:    a   farce  in   1   act. 
N.  Y.  1903.     French.     25c. 

Parts:  6  women;  time:  about  30  minutes;  scene: 
an  interior. 


Bat-Bra  11 

Batchelder,  C.  B. 

The    Revenge   of    Shari-Hot-Su :     a    Japanese 
comedy  in  2  acts.     Bost.  1904.     Baker.     15c. 
Parts:  3  men,  4  women  ;     time:  l}i  hours;     scenes: 
1  interior  and  1  exterior  in  Japan. 

Bates,  Arlo. 

A   Business    Meeting :  a   parlor  play   in    1    act. 
Boston,  n.  d.     Baker.      15c. 

Parts:  10  women  ;  time:  about  30  minutes  ;  scene: 
an  interior.  Publislied  also  in  the  Ladies'  Home 
Journal,  March,  1903. 

A  Gentle  Jury  :  a  farce  in  1   act.      Bost.    1897. 
Baker.      15c. 
Parts:   1  man,  12  women  ;     time:  30  minutes  ;  scene: 

a  bare  interior. 
These   two    plays  by   Mr.    Bates   are  satires  on    the 
"  new  woman." 

Beaumont,  Francis,  and  Fletcher,  John. 

The   Knight  of  the  Burning  Pestle,     (In     the 

Mermaid  edition  of  their  works,  also  in  that 

edited  by  Alexander  Dyce,) 

Parts:  19  men,  5  women,  attendants;  time:  a  full 
evening  ;  scenes  :  English  streets,  interiors,  and 
forests  of  the  16th  century. 

Bell,  Mrs.  Hugh. 

Dean  of    St.  Patrick's  :    a  play  in  4  acts.     Lond. 

1903.     Arnold. 

Parts:  13  men,  8  women ;  time:  a  full  evening  ; 
scenes  :  4  early  18th  century  interiors.  Deals  with 
events  in  the  life  of  Dean  Swift. 

Branch,  Anna  Hempstead. 

The  Shoes  that  Danced.  (In  her  The  Shoes 
that  Danced  and  other  Poems.  Bost.  1906. 
Houghton.) 

Parts  :  3  men,  5  women,  1  boy  ;  time:  about  1^ 
hours  ;  scene:  Watteau's  studio.  Recently  pre- 
sented at  Smith   College. 


12  Bri-Bro 

Bridges,  Robert. 

Achilles  in  Scyros.      (In  his    Poetical  Works, 
vol.  3.     Lond.  1901.     Smith,  Elder.) 

Parts:  5  men,  2  women,  attendants  ;  time:  about 
2  hours  ;  scene:  in  the  palace  garden  on  the  island 
of  Scyros. 

Brown,  Abbie  Farwell. 

Quits :  a  comedy  in  1  act.     Bost.  1896.     Baker. 
15c. 

Parts:  2  men,  3  women  ;  time:  45  minutes  ;  scene: 
the  drawing-room  of  a  boarding-school. 

Browne,  William   Maynadier. 

Red  or  White  ?  a  decision  in  1  act.    Bost.  1895. 
Baker.      15c. 

Parts:  2  men,  2 women  ;  time:  30  minutes;  scene: 
a  home  interior.     Serious  in  tone. 

Browning,  Elizabeth  Barrett,  tr. 

Prometheus  Bound.      See  Aeschylus. 

Browning,  Robert. 

Colombe's  Birthday  :  a  play. 

Parts:  8  men,  2  women;  time:  a  full  evening  ; 
scenes:  palace  interiors.  Presented  at  Smith  Col- 
lege in  1892,  as  the  senior  dramatics. 

In  a  Balcony. 

Parts :  1  man,  2  women ;  time :  about  1  hour ; 
scene:  an  ante-chamber  or  balcony  of  a  palace,  or 
the  scene  might  be  laid  in  a  garden. 

The  Return  of  the  Druses  :  a  tragedy. 

Parts  :  9  men,  2  women,  attendants  ;  time:  about 
214.  hours  ;  scene:  a  palace  interior  of  the  15th 
century. 


Bun-Cam  13 

Bunner,  Henry  C. 

Three  Operettas  .  .  .   music    by    Oscar    Weil. 

N.  Y.    1897.     Harper.     $2.50. 
Contents: 

The  Three  Little  Kittens  of  the  Land  of  Pie. 

Parts:  6  men,  3    women,   attendants  ;     time:    about 
1  hour  ;  scene:  a  palace  interior. 

The  Seven  Old  Ladies  of  Lavender  Town  .  .  . 

in  2  acts. 
Parts:  8  men,  8  women,    a    page;     time:    about    1 

hour  ;     scene:  interior  of  a  booth  at  a  fair. 

Bobby  Shaftoe  ...  in  3  acts. 
Parts:  9  men,  8  women,  attendants  ;     time:  about  1 
hour  ;     scenes:  2  exteriors  and  1  interior. 

Burnett,  Mrs.  F.  H. 

Little  Lord  Fauntleroy :    3  acts.    N.  Y.    French. 

25c. 

Parts:  8  men,  3  women,  1  child  ;     time:  a  full  even- 
ing ;     scenes:  2  interiors. 

Cameron,  Margaret. 

Comedies  in    Miniature.       N.  Y.  1903.       Mc- 
Clure. 

Contents: 

Miss  Doulton's  Orchids, 

Parts:    3   men,  3  women;     time:    about    1^   hours; 
scene:  an  interior. 

The  Burglar. 

Parts:  5  women  ;     time:  about  45  minutes;     scene: 
an  interior. 

The  Kleptomaniac. 

Parts:    7  women;     time:     1^  hours;      scene:    an 
interior. 

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14  Cam-Chu 

•  A  Pipe  of  Peace:  a  comedy  in  1  act. 

Parts:  1  man,  2  women  ;  time:  45  minutes  ;  scene: 
an  interior. 

A  Christmas  Chime. 

Parts:  2  men,  2  women  ;  time:  45  minutes  ;  scene: 
an  interior. 

The  Committee  on  Matrimony. 

Parts:  1  man,  1  woman  ;  time:  30  minutes  :  scene: 
an  interior. 

Her  Neighbor's  Creed. 

Parts:  1  man,  1  woman  ;     time:  20  minutes  ;     scene: 

an  interior. 
"The    Burglar"     and     "The    Kleptomaniac"   are 

also  published  separately.     N.  Y.     French.      25c. 

Campbell,  Marian  D. 

An  Open  Secret:  a  farce  in  2  acts.     Bost.  1898. 

Baker.     15c. 

Parts:  10  women;  time:  1  hour;  scena:  a  girl's 
room  at  college.  Originally  written  for  the  Em- 
manuel Club  of  Radclifle  College. 

Cavazza,  E. 

When  Angry  Count  One  Hundred.  (In  the 
Delsarte  Recitation  Book.  N.  Y.  Werner 
Pub.  Co.     $1.25 

Parts:  1  man,  1  woman  ;  time:  about  12  minutes  ; 
scene:  at  a  dinner.  Also  published  under  the  title 
of  "  The  Re-engagement." 

Churchill,  Winston. 

The  Title-mart :    a   comedy   in   3  acts.     N.  Y. 

1905.      Macmillan. 

Parts :  8  men,  3  women  ;  time :  a  full  evening : 
scenes:  outside  a  country  store,  the  porch  and  the 
drawing-room  of  an  Adirondack  camp. 


Cle-Cro  15 

Clemens,  Samuel  Langhorne. 

Meisterschaft:  in  3  acts.     (In  his  Merry  Tales. 
N.  Y.   1892.      Webster.) 

Parts:    3    men,    4    women;     time:     about    2    hours; 
scene:  a  simple  interior. 

The  Confederates:  a  comedy  romance,  ed  .  .  .  by 
Pauline    Phelps  and   Marion  Short.      N.    Y. 
1906.     Werner  Pub.  Co.      15c. 
Parts:   1  man,  1  woman;  time:    about    15    minutes; 
scene:  a  garden.     Also  published  in  Werner's  Read- 
ings and  Recitations,  v.  36. 

Cooper,  Elise. 

Death  or  the  Emperor?  and  A  Sprig  of  White 

Heather.     Lond.  1901.     Dent.     6d. 
Contents : 

Death  or  the  Emperor.'' 

Parts:  4  men,  3  women,  1  child  ;     time:  15  minutes  ; 
scene:  a  cottage  interior. 

A  Sprig  of  White  Heather. 

Parts  :    4   women  ;     time  .    15  minutes  ;     scene  :    an 
interior. 

Coppee,  Franq:ois. 

The  Violin  Maker   of  Cremona  :  a   comedietta 
in  one  act.     Chic.  1892.     Dramatic  Pub   Co. 

Parts:  3  men,  1  woman,  attendents  ;     time:  30  min- 
utes ;     scene:  an  Italian  interior  of  1750. 

Cross,   Margaret  B. 

A  Lucky  Trifle.     Lond.  1903.     Dent.     6d. 

Parts:  1  man,  1  woman  ;     time:  10  minutes  ;    scene: 
an  interior. 

Spoken  Thoughts.     Lond.  1903.    Dent.     6d. 
Parts:   1  man,  2  women  ;     time:  15  minutes  ;     scene: 
reading  room  of  a  hotel. 


16  Dar-Dav 

Dargan,  Olive  Tilford. 

Lords  and  Lovers,  and  Other  Dramas.     N.  Y. 
1906.     Scribner. 

Contents  : 

Lords  and  Lovers, 

Parts:  18  men,  4  women,  attendants  ;  time:  2  even- 
ings (2  parts  of  4  acts  each);  scenes:  English 
interiors  and  exteriors  of  the  13th  century. 

The  Shepherd  :  a  play  in  3  acts. 

Parts :  14  men,  5  women,  peasants  ;  time  :  a  full 
evening;  scene:  a  peasant's  home  in  Russia 
in  1905, 

The  Siege :  a  drama  in  5  acts. 

Parts:  17  men,  4  women,  attendants  ;  time:  a  full 
evening  ;  scenes:  exteriors  and  interiors  in  Syra- 
cuse, Sicily,  356  B.  C. 

Davis,  Mrs.  Mary  E.  M, 

A   Bunch   of     Roses,  and   Other  Parlor   Plays. 
Bost,  1903,     Small, 

Contents : 

A  Bunch  of  Roses, 

Parts:  3  men,  3  women  ;  time:  about  45  minutes  ; 
scene:  an  interior. 

Queen  Anne  Cottages. 

Parts:  4  men,  4  women,  attendants  ;  time:  45  min- 
utes ;     scene:  an  interior. 

His  Lordship. 

Parts:  5  men,  5  women  ;  time:  45  minutes  ;  scene: 
a  garden, 

Christmas  Boxes. 

Parts:  4  men,  4  women;  time:  45  minutes;  scene: 
an  interior. 


Dav-Dek  17 

A  Dress  Rehearsal. 

Parts:  4  men,  4  women;  time:  about  IK  hours; 
scene:  a  garden. 

The  New  System, 

Parts:  4  men,  4  women;  time:  about  1  hour;  scene: 
a  garden. 

Davis,  Richard  Harding, 

Farces:  The  Dictator. — The  Galloper. — Miss 
Civilization,     N,  Y,  1900,     Scribner, 

Contents: 

The  Dictator. 

Parts:  14  men,  3  women;  time:  a  full  evening;  scenes: 
deck  of  a  steamer  and  a  bare  interior. 

The  Galloper. 

Parts:  17  men,  4  women;  time:  a  full  evening;  scenes: 
2  hotel  interiors,  a  wharf  with  steamers  moored  be- 
side It. 

Miss  Civilization. 

Parts:  4  men,  1  woman,  attendants;  time:  about 
45  minutes;  scene:  an  interior.  Has  also  been 
published  separately  by  Scribner. 

The  Princess  Aline. 

For  dramatization  of  this  story  see  S,  D.  Smith's 
The  Princess  Aline  Play, 

Dekker,  Thomas, 

The  Shoemaker's  Holiday;  or,  A  Pleasant  Com- 
edy of  the  Gentle  Craft.  N.  Y.  n,  d.  Scrib- 
ner.    (Mermaid  series.) 

Parts:  17  men,  4  women,  neighbors;  time:  a  full 
evening;  scenes:  London  streets,  2  gardens,  and 
16th  century  interiors.  Originally  published  in 
1599, 


18  Die-Dob 

Dickens,  Charles, 

Bardell  vs.  Pickwick;  a  farcial  sketch   in    1  act 

from   Dickens'  Pickwick  Papers.     Bost.  n   d. 

Baker.     15c. 

Parts:  6  men,  3  women;  time:  30 minutes;  scene: 
a  court  room. 

The  Holly  Tree. 

For  dramatization  of  this  story  see  Mrs.  Oscar  Ber- 
inger's  Holly  Tree  Inn  in  the  List  of  Christmas 
plays. 

Our  Mutual  Friend. 

For  dramatization  of  this  story  see  H.  R.  Shat- 
tuck's  Our  Mutual  Friend. 

Dobson,  Austin. 

Au  Revoir:  a  dramatic  vignette.     (In  his  At  the 
Sign  of  the  Lyre.     Lond.     Paul.) 
Parts:  1    man,    1   woman,  onlookers;     time:  about  5 
minutes;     scene:  a  garden. 

The    Idyll  of   the    Carp.     (In    his    Old-world 

Idylls.     Lond.     Paul.) 

Parts:  2  women;  time:  about  10  minutes;  scene:  a 
garden. 

In  the  Royal  Academy.     (In  his  At  the  Sign  of 
the  Lyre.     Lond.     Paul.) 

Parts:  1  man,  3  women;  time:  about  5  minutes; 
scene:  an  interior. 

Proverbs    in    Porcelain.     (In     his     Old-world 
Idylls.      Lond.     Paul.) 

Contents: 

The  Ballad  A-la-mode. — The  Metamorpho- 
sis.— The  Song  Out  of  Season. — ^The  Cap 
That  Fits. — The  Secrets  of  the  Heart. — 
Good-night,  Babette. 

These  poems  of  Mr.  Dobson's  were  acted  with  suc- 
cess at  the  Bartholomew-Clifton  School,  Cincin- 
nati. They  are  quite  short,  take  few  characters 
and  simple  interior  scenes. 


Dob-Dug  19 

Tu  Quoque.     (In  his  Old-world  Idylls.    Lond. 

Paul.) 

Parts:  1  man,  1  woman;  time:  5  minutes;  scene:  a 
conservatory. 

Dugan,  Caro  Atherton. 

The  King's  Jester,  and   Other  Short   Plays  for 
Small  Stages.     Bost.  1899.     Houghton. 

Contents: 

The  King's  Jester;  4  acts. 

Parts  :  5  men,  1  woman,  1  boy;  time:  about  1  hour; 
scenes:  a  garden,  and  palace  interiors. 

Cinderella. 

Parts:  2  boys,  4  girls;  time:  about  30  minutes; 
scenes:  a  icitchen,  palace  interior,  and  drawing- 
room. 

A  Gypsy  Girl  of  Hungary;  4  acts. 
Parts:  2  men,  3  women;     time:  about  1  hour;   scenes: 
a  forest  and  garden. 

The  Queen's  Coffer;  2  acts. 

Parts:  2  men,  2  women;  time:  about  45  minutes; 
scene:  a  palace  interior. 

The  Sleeping  Beauty. 

Parts:  5  boys,  11  girls;  time:  about  45  minutes; 
scenes:  palace  interiors,  and  a  woods. 

Pandora. 

Parts:  2  men,  2  women;  time:  45  minutes;  scene: 
an  interior. 

The  Gift  of  Aphrodite;  3  acts. 
Parts:  3  men,  2  women;     time:  30  minutes;    scenes: 
a  sculptor's  studio  and  the  temple  of  Aphrodite. 

Nino's  Revenge;  4  acts. 

Parts:  2  men,  2  women,  1  boy;     time:  about  1  hour; 

scenes:  a   woods,  a   street,    and    the    interior   of    a 

church. 


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20  Dug-Ers 


The  Apple  of  Discord;  2  acts. 

Parts:  2  men,  3  women;  time:  about  30  minutes; 
scenes:  Mount  Ida  and  tiie  interior  of  Jove's  pal- 
ace. 

*    Undine;  5  acts. 

Parts:  5  men,  3  women;  time:  1^  hours;  scenes: 
interiors  of  a  hut  and  a  palace,  and  on  the  Danube 
river. 

The  Flight  of  the  Sun  Goddess;  3  acts. 

Parts:  4  men,  7  women;  time:  about  1^  hours; 
scenes:  Japanese  exteriors  and  interiors. 

Eliot,  George. 

The  Spanish  Gypsy. 

Parts:  19  men,  3  women,  attendants;  time:  a  full 
evening;  scenes:  very  elaborate.  Presented  at 
Smith  College  in  1891  as  the  senior  dramatics. 

Enebuske,  Sarah  Folsom. 

A  Detective  in  Petticoats:  a  comedy  in  3  acts. 
Bost.  1900.     Baker.      15c. 

Parts:  7  women;  time:  2  hours;  scenes:  3  interiors. 
Originally  produced  by  the  Emmanuel  Club  of 
Radcliffe  College. 

Erskine,  Mrs.  Stewart. 

The  Spade  Heresy:  a  comedy  in  1  act.  Lond. 
1904.     Dent.     6d. 

Parts:  2  men,  2  women;  time:  35  minutes;  scene: 
a  London  drawing-room. 

Euripides. 

The  Alkestis:  adapted  and  arranged  for  ama- 
teur performance  in  girls'  schools  by  Elsie 
Fogerty.     Bost.  1902.     Baker.     25c. 

Parts:  6  men,  12  women,  2  children,  attendants; 
time:  a  full  evening;    scene:  a  palace  exterior. 


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Eva-  21 


Evans,  Herbert  Arthur,  comp.  and  ed. 

English  Masques:  with  an  introduction.     N.  Y. 
1897.     Scribner. 

Contents: 

Introduction  [on  the  masque  from  its  historical 
and  literary  viewpoints.] — List  of  Extant 
Masques. — Samuel  Daniel's  Vision  of  the 
Twelve  Goddesses. — Ben  Jonson's  Masque 
at  Lord  Haddington's  Marriage;  Masque  of 
Queens;  Oberon. — Thomas  Campion's 
Lords'  Masque. — Francis  Beaumont's 
Masque  of  the  Inner-Temple  and  Gray's 
Inn. — Anonymous,  The  Masque  of  Flow- 
ers.— Ben  Jonson's  Golden  Age  Restored; 
Lovers  Made  Men;  News  from  the  New 
World  Discovered  in  the  Moon;  Masque  of 
Augurs;  Pan's  Anniversary;  or.  The  Shep- 
herd's Holyday;  Neptune's  Triumph  for  the 
Return  of  Albion;  Fortunate  Isles  and  their 
Union. — James  Shirley's  Triumph  of  Peace. 
— Sir  William  Davenant's  Salmacida  Spolia. 

Everyman:  a  moral  play.    N.  Y.   1903.    Fox.     $1. 

Parts:  13  men,  4  women;  time:  1^  hours;  no  special 
scenery.     Originally  published    about  1500. 

The  Farce  of  Master  Pierre  Patelin  composed  by 
an  unknown  author  about  1469  A.  D.  Englished 
by  Richard  Holbrook.    Bost.  1905.     Houghton. 

Parts: 4  men,  1  woman;  time:  about  Ihour;  scenes: 
a  market-place  and  an  interior.  With  a  little  cut- 
ting and  arrangement  this  play  would  be  well 
adapted  to  presentation  by  college  men,  as  the  one 
woman's  part  could  be  easily  assumed  by  a  man. 


22  Fil- 

Filippi,  Rosina. 

-Duologues  and  Scenes  from  the  Novels  of  Jane 
Austen,  Arranged  and  Adapted  for  Drawing- 
room  Performance.     Lond.     1895.     Dent. 

Contents: 

Literary  Tastes.     (Northanger  Abbey.) 
Parts:  2  women;    time:  5  minutes;    scene:  an  interior. 

The  Settlement  Question.     (Sense  and  Sensi- 
bility.) 

Parts:   1  man,   1  woman;     time:  5  minutes;     scene: 
an  interior. 

The  Readingof  Jane  Fairfax's  Letter.(Emma.) 
Parts:  3  women;     time:  5  minutes;    scene:  an  interior. 

A  Strawberry  Picnic.     (Emma.) 

Parts:  1  man,  1  woman;    time:  5  minutes;    scene:  an 
interior. 

Three  Loves.     (Emma.) 

Parts:  1  man,  2women;     time:  20  minutes;    scene:  an 
interior. 

The  Proposal    of   Mr.  Collins.      (Pride    and 

Prejudice.) 

Parts:  1  man,  2  women;    time:  10  minutes;    scene:  an 
interior. 

Lady  Catherine's  Visit.   (Pride  and  Prejudice.) 
Parts:  2  women;    time:  10  minutes;   scene:  an  interior. 

In  the  Italian  Quarter.    Lond.  n.  d.    Dent.    6d. 

Parts:   3  men,    2  women,  3  or  4  children;     time:  30 
minutes;     scene:  a  street  in  London. 

The  Mirror.     Lond.  1901.     Dent.     6d. 

Parts:  2  men,    1  women;     time:  15  minutes;    scene: 
an  interior  in  Japan. 


Fit-Fog  23 

Fitz-Gerald,  S.  J.  Adair. 

The  Parting,  and  Waiting  for  the  Train.  Lond. 
1901.     Dent.     6d. 

Contents: 

The  Parting. 

Parts:  2  men,  1  woman;  time:  15  minutes;  scene:  an 
interior. 

Waiting  for  the  Train. 

Parts:  1  man,  1  woman;    time:  10  minutes;     scene:  a 
country  railway  station. 

Fogerty,  Elsie. 

Scenes  from  the  Great  NoveHsts,  adapted  and 
arranged  for  amateur  performance.  Lond. 
1906.     Sonnenschein. 

Contents: 

Scene  from  "The  Abbot." 

Parts:   4  women,   3   boys;      time:  about  30  minutes; 
scene:  room  in  a  castle. 

Scene  from  "The  Mill  on  the  Floss." 

Parts:  3  women,  2  children;     time:  about  15  minutes; 
scene:  an  interior. 

Scene  from  "Adam  Bede.  ' 

Parts:    2    men,   3  women;     time:  about  15  minutes; 
scene:  a  kitchen. 

Scene  from  "A  Christmas  Carol." 

Parts:  1  man,  2  women,  3  boys,  2  girls;     time:  about 
30  minutes;     scene:  a  kitchen. 

Fogerty,  Elsie,  ed. 

The  Alkestis.      See  Euripides. 


24  Fre-Gol 

Freeman,  Mrs.  Mary  E.  W. 

Giles  Corey,   Yeoman:  a    play.     N.   Y.    1893. 
Harper. 

Parts:  5  men,  7  women,  the  people  of  Salem  village; 
time:  a  full  evening;  scenes:  2  home  interiors,  the 
Salem  meetinghouse,  a  cell  in  the  Salem  jail,  and 
a  field.  The  theme  of  the  play  is  the  witchcraft 
delusion  in  colonial  Nev/  England. 

Gaskell,  Mrs.  Elizabeth. 

Cranford. 

For  dramatizations  of  Cranford  see  M.  B.  Home's 
Ladies  of  Cranford,  Marguerite  Merington's  Cran- 
ford, and  Lucian  Oldershaw's  Cranford  at  Home 

Gilbert,  William  S. 

Sweethearts:   a   comedy   in  2  acts.     Best.  n.  d. 
Baker.      15c. 

Parts:  2  men,  2  women;  time:  Ihour;  scene:  a  gar- 
den with  some  changes  in  the  2d  act.  Also  pub- 
lished in  his  Original  Plays,  2d  series. 

Givens,  Helen  M. 

The  Bull  Terrier  and  the  Baby.     (In  the  Ladies' 
Home  Journal,  October,  1906.) 

Parts:  2  men,  2  women;  time:  about  20  minutes; 
scene:  an  interior. 

Goldsmith,  Oliver. 

The  Good-natured  Man. 

Parts:  11  men,  5  women;  time:  a  full  evening; 
scenes:  2  home  interiors  and  the  Talbot  inn. 
Originally  published  in  1768. 

She  Stoops   to  Conquer:  a  comedy   in   5    acts. 

Bost.  n.  d.     Baker.     15c. 

Parts:  7  men,  3  women  ;  time  :  a  full  evening  ; 
scenes:  2  eighteenth  century  interiors  and  a  garden. 


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Greene,  Robert. 

Friar  Bacon  and  Friar  Bungay.     (In  Alexander 
Dyce's  edition  of  the  Dramatic  and  Poetical 
Works  of  Robert  Greene  and  George  Peele. 
Lond.     Routledge.) 

Parts:  25  men,  4  women,  attendants;  time:  a  full 
evening;  the  scenery  may  be  as  elaborate  as  de- 
sired. This  play  dates  from  1594.  It  has  been 
recently  produced  at  the  University  of  Illinois  and 
at  the  University  of  Cincinnati.  Also  published  in 
Gayley,  C.  M.  ed.  Representative  English  Come- 
dies.    N.  Y.  1903.     Macmillan. 

Grundy,  Sydney. 

-Man  Proposes:  an  original  comedietta  in  1  act. 
Boston.     Baker.      15c. 

Parts:  2  women,  1  man;  time:  35  minutes;  scene: 
an  interior. 

Guptill,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  F. 

In  the  Wake  of  Paul  Revere:  an  historical  play. 
Lebanon,  O.  1906.      March.     25c. 

Parts:  11  men,  5  women,  4  children;  time:  about  2 
hours;     scenes:  a  home  interior  and  2 wood  scenes. 

A  Little  Heroine  of  the  Revolution:  an  histori- 
cal play  for  all  ages.  Lebanon,  O.  1906. 
March.     25c. 

Parts:  10  men,  4  women,  2  little  girls;  time:  about 
1  hour;  scenes:  2  simple  interiors  and  2  wood 
scenes. 

-Harr.son,  Mrs.  Burton. 

The  Mouse-trap  :  a  comedietta  in  1  act.  Chic. 
1892.     Dramatic  Pub.  Co.     15c. 

Parts:  1  man,  1  woman;  time:  20  minutes;  scene: 
an  interior. 


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26  Har-Hoo 

Tea  at  Four  O'clock  :  a  drawing-room  comedy 

in   1  act.     Chic.   1892.     Dramatic  Pub.   Co. 

15c. 

Parts:  7  men,  4  women  ;  time:  1  hour  ;  scene:  a 
drawing-room. 

Two  Strings  to  her  Bow :  a  comedy  in  2  acts. 
Chic.  n.  d.     Dramatic  Pub.  Co.      15c. 

Parts:  4  men,  2  women  ;  time:  about  IX  hours; 
scenes:  an  interior  and  a  garden. 

Weeping  Wives:  a  comedietta  in  1  act,  adapted 
from  the  French.  Chic.  1892.  Dramatic 
Pub.  Co.      15c. 

Parts:  3  men,  2  women;  time:  about  45  minutes  ; 
scene:  a  hotel  parlor. 

Hertz,  Hendrik. 

King  Rene's  Daughter:  a  Danish  lyric  play  in 
verse.     N.  Y.  n.  d.     Werner  Pub.  Co.      15c. 

Parts:  6  men,  2  women  ;  time:  about  1  hour  ;  scene: 
a  garden  in  the  15th  century.  There  is  also  a  ver- 
sion of  this  play  in  Lacy's  Acting  Edition  of  Plays, 
V.  36. 

Hooper,  Rebecca  L.  and  Daniels,  M.  W. 

Alice  in  Wonderland  Continued  :  an  operetta. 
Parts:  8   men,  4  women,  2  small  choruses,    1   large 
chorus;     time:  a  full  evening;  scene:  an  exterior. 

A  Copper  Complication :  an  operetta. 

Parts  :  6  men,  5  women,  sextette,  chorus  ;  time  :  a 
full  evening  ;     scene:  an  exterior. 

The  Court  of  Hearts  :  an  operetta. 

Parts  :  6  men,  7  women,  1  small  chorus,  1  large 
chorus  ;     time:  full  evening  ;     scene:   an  exterior. 

Note.  These  operettas,  the  books  of  which  are  by 
Miss  Hooper  and  the  music  by  Miss  Daniels, 
were  written  entirely  for  women's  voices,  the  two 


Hoo-How  27 


latter  works  being  originally  produced  at  Radcliffe 
College.  The  costuming  of  the  men's  parts  has 
been  so  planned  tiiat  the  roles  may  be  assumed  by 
women  without  difficulty.  The  plays  exist  in 
manuscript  only,  but  are  available  on  application 
to  Miss  Hooper,  71  St  James  Place,  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y. 

Home,  Mary  Barnard. 

Ladies  of  Cranford  :  a  sketch  of  English  village 

life  fifty  years   ago  ;  in   3  acts.     Bost.    n.   d. 

Baker.     25c. 

Parts  :  13  women  ;  time  :  2  hours  ;  scenes  :  18th 
century  interiors.  A  dramatization  of  Mrs.  Gas- 
kell's  story.  For  other  versions  see  Merington, 
Marguerite,  and  Oidershaw,  Lucian. 

Housman,  Laurence,  and  Barker,  H.  G. 

Prunella;   or,  Love  in  a  Dutch  Garden.     Lond. 

1906.     Bullen. 

Parts:  11  men,  10  women,  1  boy  ;  time:  about  2 
hours  ;  scene:  a  garden  with  a  house  in  the  back- 
ground. , 

Howells,  William  Dean. 

The  Albany   Depot.     N.  Y.  1892.     Harper. 

Parts  :  4  men,  2  women  ;  time  :  about  30  minutes  ; 
scene:  ladies'  room  at  the  Boston  depot. 

The  Elevator.     Bost.  1889.     Houghton. 

Parts:  7  men,  5  women  ;  time  :  about  30  minutes  ; 
scenes  :  a  drawing  room,  and  interior  of,  hall 
showing  elevator. 

Five  O'clock  Tea.     N.  Y,   1889.     Harper. 

Parts:  6  men,  9  women;  time:  about  30  minutes; 
scene:  an  interior. 

The  Garroters:  afarce.     N.  Y.  1894.     Harper. 

Parts:  4  men,  5  women  ;  time  :  about  45  minutes; 
scene:' an  interior. 


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28  How-Hyd 

An  Indian  Giver.     Bost.  1900.     Houghton. 

Parts  :  1  man,    3  women  ;    time:  about  45  minutes  ; 
scene:  a  porch. 

A  Likely  Story.     N.  Y.     Harper. 

Parts  :  2    men,  4  women  ;     time:  about  45  minutes  ; 
scene:  an  interior. 

The  Mouse-trap:    farce.     N.  Y.   1904    ^885. 
Harper. 

Parts:  1  man,  6  women  ;     time:  45  minutes  ;     scene: 
a  modern  drawing-room. 

The  Parlor  Car.     Bost.  1889.     Houghton. 

Parts:  3    men,  1  woman  ;     time:  about  20  minutes  ; 
scene:  interior  of  a  parlor  car. 

The  Register.     Bost.   1889.     Houghton. 

Parts:  2  men,  2  women  ;     time:    about   30  minutes  ; 
scene:  an   interior. 

The  Smoking  Car.     Bost.  1900.      Houghton. 

Parts:  3  men,  3  women  ;  time:  about  30  minutes  ; 
scene:  interior  of  a  smoking  car. 

The  Unexpected  Guests.    N.  Y.  1893.     Harper. 

Parts:  7  men,  7  women  ;  time:  about  30  minutes  j 
scene:  an  interior.  \ 

Hyde,  Douglas. 

The    Lost    Saint.       (In  Lady  Gregory's  Poets 

and  Dreamers :  studies   and   translations  from 

the  Irish.     N.  Y.   1903.     Scribner.) 

Parts:  2  men,  any  number  of  children  ;  time:  15 
minutes  ;     scene:  an  Irish  schoolroom. 

The  Marriage.     (In  Lady  Gregory's  Poets  and 
Dreamers.) 

Parts:  6  men,  4  women,  3  little  boys,  neighbors; 
time:  about  45  minutes;  scene:  an  Irish  cottage 
interior. 


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Hyd-Kal  29 

The  Twisiing  of  the  Rope.  (In  Lady  Greg- 
ory's  Poets  and  Dreamers.) 

Parts  :  2  men,  3  women,  neighbors  ;  time  :  about 
30  minutes;     scene:  an  Irish  cottage  interior. 

Jerome,  Jerome  Klapka. 

Barbara:  a  play  in  1  acto  Bost.  1903.  Baker. 
15c. 

Parts;  2  men,  2  women  ;  time:  45  minutes  ;  scene: 
a  simple  interior.     Serious  in  tone. 

Fennel.     N.  Y.     French.     15c. 

Parts:  3  men,  1  woman  ;  time:  45  minutes  ;  scenes 
an  Italian  interior  of  1750.  This  is  a  version  of 
Copp6e's  Violin  Maker  of  Cremona. 

Miss  Hobbs:  a  comedy  in  4  acts.  N.  Y. 
French.     50c. 

Parts:  5  men,  5  women;  time:  2%.  hours;  scenes: 
2  home  interiors  and  the  cabin  of  a  yacht.  The 
play  deals  with  the  conversion  of  Miss  Hobbs  who 
is  a  "man-hater"  to  matrimony. 

Sunset:  a  comedy  in  1  act.  Bost.  1903.  Baker. 
15c. 

Parts:  3  men,  3  worhen;  time:  50  minutes  ;  scene: 
a  home  interior.     Serious  in  tone. 

Kalidasa. 

Sakoontala;  or,  The  Lost  Ring:  an  Indian 
drama,  tr.  into  English  prose  and  verse  from 
the  Sanskrit  by  Monier  Williams.  N.  Y. 
1885.     Dodd. 

Parts:  16  men,  11  women,  attendants  ;  time:  a  full 
evening  ;  scenes  :  palace  interiors,  sacred  groves 
of  India,  etc.  This  play  was  recently  presented 
at  Smith  College  as  the  senior  dramatics,  the  ver- 
sion there  used  having  been  arranged  by  Miss 
A  M.  Wright.  Her  adaptation  is  now  out  of 
print. 


30  Kin-Lon 

Kingsley,  Charles. 

Saint  Elizabeth.    N.  Y.    Werner  Pub.  Co.    35c. 
Parts:  5  men,  5  women  ;     time:  about  15   minutes  ; 
scenes:    2  interiors.      Also  published  in  Werner's 
Readings  and  Recitations,  v.  1. 

Loch,  Emil. 

Citoyenne  Denise.     Lond.  1904.     Dent.    6d. 
Parts:  4  men,  2  women  ;     time:  45  minutes  ;     scene: 
room  in  a  French  inn  at  the  time  of  the  Revolution. 

Longfellow,  Henry  Wadsworth. 
Courtship  of  Miles  Standish. 

For  a  dramatization  of  this  poem  see  Stanley  Schell's 
Maid  of    Plymouth. 

Dramatization  of  Longfellow's  Song  of  Hia- 
watha ;  in  nine  scenes  for  home  and  school 
theatricals  by  Florence  Holbrook.  Bost.  1902. 
Houghton.     15c. 

Parts:  10  men,  2  women,  any  number  of  at- 
tendants ;  time:  about  \%  hours  ;  scenes:  2  for- 
est clearings  and  the  interior  of  a  wigwam. 

Giles  Corey  of  the  Salem  Farms ;    with  an  in- 
troductory  note    and  an  appendix  containing 
hints  and  directions  for  the  representation  of 
the    play    on  the  stage.     Bost.  [1868-1900.] 
Houghton.      15c. 

Parts  :  6  men,  3  women,  neighbors  ;  time :  about 
2y2  hours  ;  scenes  :  New  England  interiors,  street 
and  wood  scenes  in  1692.  Deals  with  the  witch- 
craft delusions  of  that  time. 

The  Golden  Legend. 

Parts:  any  number  desired;  time:  a  full  evening ; 
scenes:  exteriors  and  interiors,  very  elaborate.  This 
dramatic  poem  has  been  effectively  given  by  ama- 
teurs, but  it  requires  much  cutting  and  arrangement. 


Lon-Mac  31 

Hiawatha,   dramatized    by   Stanley    Schell,  with 

music.     N.  Y.     Werner  Pub.  Co.     35c. 

Parts:  any  number  ;  time:  2  hours  ;  scenes:  in  the 
forest,  and  Indian  wigwams.  Book  of  Indian 
music  supplied  by  the  publisher  for  $1.25  extra. 

Masque  of    Pandora. 

Parts  :  6  men,  7  women,  various  choruses  ;  time  : 
about  1  hour  :  scenes:  can  be  made  very  elaborate 
if  desired. 

Lovejoy,  Edward  S. 

Valley  For^e.     N.  Y.     Werner  Pub.  Co.     15c. 
Parts  :    any   number   of    men,    1   woman  ;     time  :    1 
hour  ;     scene  :  exterior  in  winter.     Also  published 
in  Werner's  Magazine,  December,  1901. 

Lyly,  John. 

Campaspe,  Played  Beefore  the  Queenees  Majes- 
tic on  New  Yeares  Day  at  Night  by  Her 
Majesties  Children  and  the  Children  of  Paules. 
Lond,  1584.  (In  his  Complete  Works  ed. 
by  R.  W.  Bond.  v.  2.  Oxford,  1902. 
Clarendon.) 

Parts  :  about  28  men,  2  women  ;  time:  2  hours  ; 
scenes  :  exteriors  and  interiors  in  Athens.  Also 
published  in  Gayley,  C.  M.  ed.  Representative 
English  Comedies.     N.  Y.   1903.     Macmillan. 

-^  Mackaye,  Mrs.  Steele. 

Pride  and  Prejudice;    a  play  founded  on  Jane 
Austen's  novel.    N.Y.  1906.    DufHeld.    $1.25. 
Parts:  10  men,  10  women  ;     time:  about  2]4.  hours  ; 
scenes:  1  garden,  3  interiors  of  the  18th  century. 

MacMillan,  Mary. 

The  Ring  :  a  comedy. 

Parts  :  7  men,  3  women  ;  time  :  about  1  hour  ; 
scene:  an  English  living-room  in  the  16th  century. 
Handled  by  Mrs  DeMille  of  New  York  City. 
Amateurs  may  present  this  play  on  payment  of  a 
royalty  of  $10  a  performance  which  includes  the 
loan  of  manuscript  and  parts. 


y 


32  Mac-Mat 


The  Rose :  a  dramatic  poem. 

Parts:  2  men,  1  woman  ;  time:  30  minutes  ;  scene: 
a  palace  interior  of  the  16th  century.  Tragic  in 
tone.  Haijdled  by  Mrs  DeMille  of  New  York 
City.  Amateurs  may  present  this  play  on  payment 
of  a  royalty  of  $10  a  performance  which  includes 
the  loan  of  manuscript  and  parts. 

A  Woman's  a  Woman  for  a'  That. 

Parts:  2  men,  3  women  ;  time:  45  minutes  ;  scene: 
a  cottage  interior.  This  is  a  humorous  satire  on 
the  woman  physician.  For  terms  and  manuscript 
address  the  author,  1915  Bigelow  St.  Mt  Auburn, 
Cincinnati. 

McMechan,  F.  H. 

The   Last    Race.     N.  Y.     Werner    Pub.    Co. 
15c. 

Parts:  1  man,  2  women  ;  time:  about  20  minutes  ; 
scene:  an  interior.  Also  published  in  Werner's 
Magazine,  November,  1901. 

Maeterlinck,  Maurice. 

The    Intruder.      (in    his    Plays,   translated    by 

Richard  Hovey.     Chic.  1895.     Stone. 

Parts:  3  men,  5  women;  time:  about  45  minutes; 
scene:  a  gloomy  room  in  an  old  chateau. 

Mapes,  Victor. 

A  Flower  of  Yeddo :  a  Japanese  comedy  in   1 

act,  adapted  from  the  French.     N.  Y.  1906. 

French.     25c. 

Parts:  1  man,  3  women;  time:  about  40  minutes; 
scene:  a  Japanese  interior. 

Matthews,  Edith  V.  B. 

Six  Cups  of  Chocolate:  a  piece  of  gossip  freely 

Englished  from  the  Kaffeklatsch  of  E.  Schmit- 

hof.     N.  Y.  1897.     Harper. 

Parts:  6  women;  time,  about  45  minutes;  scene: 
an  interior. 


Mat-Mer  33 

Matthews,  James  Brander. 

The  Decision  of  the  Court.  N.  Y.  1893. 
Harper. 

Parts:   2   men,    2  women;     time:  about  45   minutes; 
scene:  an  interior. 

Merington,  Marguerite. 

Captain  Lettarblair:  a  comedy  in  3  acts  written 
for  E.  H.  Sothern.  Indianapolis,  1906. 
Bobbs- Merrill. 

Parts:    8    men,    3    women;     time:    a    full    evening; 
scenes:  3  interiors  and  a  garden. 

Cranford:  a   play   in   3    acts,   made  from    Mrs. 

Gaskell's  famous  story.     N.  Y.  1905.     Fox. 

Parts:  1  man,   9  women;     time:   about  45   minutes; 

scene:   an    interior.     Originally    published  in    the 

Ladies'  Home  Journal,  February,  1901.     For  other 

versions  see  Home,  M.  B.  and  Oldershaw,  Lucian. 

Daphne;  or,  The   Pipes  of  Arcadia:  3  acts  of 
singing  nonsense.     N.  Y.  1896.     Century. 
Parts:   9  men,    5  women,   any  number  of  shepherds 
and  Fijis;     time:  about    2  hours;     scenes:   a   pas- 
toral scene  in   Arcadia,  and  an  exterior  in  the  d,o- 
main  of  Gumbo,  the  Fiji  monarch. 

The  Gibson  Play:  a  two-act  comedy  based 
upon  Mr.  C.  D.  Gibson's  series  of  pictures, 
"A  Widow  and  Her  Friends."  Phil.  Curtis 
Pub.  Co.     50c. 

Parts:  6  men,  4  women;  time:  about  45  minutes; 
scenes:  interiors.  Also  published  in  the  Ladies' 
Home  Journal,  March,  1901. 

Merivale,  H.  C. 

Husband    in    Clover:     a    matrimonial    comedy.- 
N.  Y.  1906.     Werner  Pub.  Co.     15c. 
Parts:    1   man,    1  woman;     time:  1  hour;     scene:  an 
interior.     Also   published   in    Werner's    Readings 
and  Recitations,  v.  36. 


34  Mil-Mor 

Milton,  John. 

Comus:  "A  maske  presented  at  Ludlow  Castle, 
1634".  Reproduced  in  facsimile  from  the 
first  ed.  of  1637,  with  an  introductory  note  by 
L.  S.  Livingston.     N.  Y.  1903.     Dodd. 

Parts:  4  men,  2  women,  attendants;  time:  about  1 
hour;  scenes:  a  wild  wood,  a  palace  interior,  and 
the  court  of  a  castle. 

These  are  the  scenes  as  given  in  the  text  but  the  en- 
tire play  might  well  be  given  an  outdoor  setting. 

A  musical  setting  for  this  poem,  consisting  of  inci- 
dental music  through  which  the  lines  are  spoken, 
songs  and  dances,  has  been  composed  by  Miss 
Josephine  Sherwood,  Newtonville,  Mass.  and  may 
be  obtained  from  her  for  a  fee  of  $10  for  each  per- 
formance. 

Montague,  Leopold. 

The    Crystal    Gazer:    a    fortune    telling   farce. 
N.  Y.  1906.     Werner  Pub.  Co.     15c. 
Parts:  2  women;     time:   30  minutes;     scene:  an  in- 
terior.    Also  published  in  Werner's  Readings  and 
Recitations,  v.  36. 

Morgan,  Agnes  Bangs. 

In  April  75. 

Parts:  3  men,  3  women;  time:  about  2  hours; 
scene:  the  living-room  of  a  house  on  the  road  from 
Concord  to  Lexington. 

In  the  Reign  of  King  James, 

Parts:  5  men,  3  women,  a  page,    other  attendants; 
\  time:  about  1%  hours;     scenes:  rooms  at  Windsor 
Castle  and  in  the  king's  hunting-lodge. 

The  Orange  Girl:  a  comedy  in  1  act. 

Parts:  4  men,  3  women;     time:  about  1  hour;     scene: 

a  handsomely  furnished  studio. 
These  plays  by  Miss  Morgan,  originally  produced  at 

Radcliffe  College,  exist  in  manuscript  only.     Foi 

terms    address   the    author.    No.    395  Ocean  Ave. 

Brooklyn,  N.  V. 


Nan-Pee  35 

Nance  Oldfield:   a  comedy   in    1    act    adapted    and 

arranged  from  Charles  Reade's  dramatic   tale 

"Art"   by    M.  A.     Bost.  n.  d.     Baker.      15c. 

Parts:  3  men,  2  women;     time:  40  minutes;     scene: 

an  interior. 

Oldershaw,  Lucian,   ed. 

Cranford  at   Home :  a    play   for  ladies,  adapted 

from    Mrs.    Gaskell's   famous    novel.     Lond. 

1905.     Dent.     6d. 

Parts:  9  women;  time:  about  1%  hours;  scenes: 
3  simple  interiors.  For  other  adaptations  of  C  an- 
ford  see  Merington,  Marguerite,  and  Home,  M.  B. 

Packard,  Winthrop. 

The    Man  in  the   Case:  a   comedy   in   3  acts. 

Bost.  1896.     Baker.     25c. 

Parts:  6  women;  time:  2  hours;  scenes:  2  interiors. 
Written  for  and  originally  produced  by  the  Em- 
manuel Club  of  Radclitfe  College,  Cambridge, 
Mass. 

A    Pair   of    Lunatics:  a   dramatic   sketch   in  1  act. 
N.  Y.     Werner  Pub.  Co.      15c. 
Parts:  1  man,  1  woman;     time:  15  minutes;     scene; 

an  interior.     Also  published  in  Werner's  Magazine, 

V.  27,  August,  1901. 

Peabody,  Josephine  Preston. 

Marlowe:    a    drama    in    5    acts.     Bost.    1901. 

Houghton. 

Parts:  17  men,  4  women;  time:  a  full  evening; 
scenes:  16th  century  interiors  and  a  garden. 

Peele,  George. 

The  Arraignment  of  Paris:  a  pastoral.  (In 
Alexander  Dyce's  edition  of  the  Dramatic 
and  Poetical  Works  of  Robert  Greene  and 
George  Peele.  Lond.  Routledge.) 
Parts:  17  men,  15  women,  attendants;  time:  about 
2  hours:  any  sylvan  scene.  This  play  dates  from 
1584. 


36  Pin-Pol 


Pinero,  Arthur  Wing. 

The  Amazons:  a  farcial  romance  in  3  acts. 
Best.  1895.     Baker.     50c. 

Parts:  7  men,  5  women;  time:  a  full  evening;  scenes: 
1  exterior  and  1  interior.  Amateurs  presenting 
this  play  must  pay  a  royalty  of  $10  for  each  per- 
formance. 

Trelawney  of  the  "Wells":  a  comedy  in  4  acts. 
Chic.  n.  d.      Dramatic  Pub.  Co.     50c. 

Parts:  13  men,  9  women;  time:  a  full  evening; 
scenes:  3  interiors. 

Pollard,  Alfred  W.     comp  and  ed. 

English  Miracle  Plays,  Moralities  and  Interludes: 
specimens  of  the  pre-Elizabethan  drama,  with 
an  introduction,  notes  and  glossary.  Ed.  4. 
Oxford  1904.     Clarendon. 

Contents: 

Introduction. — The  Barkers,  (The  Creation 
and  Fall  of  Lucifer.) — Noah's  Flood. — 
The  Sacrifice  of  Isaac. — Secunda  Pastor- 
um. — Mary  Magdalene. — The  Castle  of 
Perserverance. — Every-man. — Interlude  of 
the  Four  Elements. — Skelton's  Magnyfy- 
cence. — Heywood's  The  Pardoner  and  the 
Frere. — Thersytes. — Bale's  King  John. — 
Mysterium  Resurrectiones  D.  N.  Jhesu 
Christi. — Ludus  super  Iconia. 

Many  of  these  early  plays  would  not  be  adapted  to 
the  stage  of  to-day  but  two  at  least,  Noah's  Flood 
and  Everyman,  have  been  given  recently  with 
success. 


Por-Ric  37 

Porter,  Bertha  Currier. 

Pictures   in  the   Fire  :    a  tableau  entertainment. 
Bost.   1905.     Baker.     15c. 

Parts:  3  men,  3  women,  3  children,  any  number  ad- 
ditional for  tableaux;  time:  about  1'4  hours; 
scene:  an  interior.  Especially  appropriate  for 
Thanksgiving  day. 

Renard,  Jules. 

Carrots :    a   play    in  1  act  translated  by   Alfred 
Sutro.     N   Y.  1904.     French.     25c. 

Parts:  1  man,  2  women,  a  boy  of  fourteen  ;  time  : 
about  45  minutes  ;  scene  :  a  courtyard  and  ex- 
terior of  a  gloomy  house.     Pathetic  in  tone. 

Rice,  Beatrice  E. 

The     Matchmakers:     a    Hallowe'en    comedy. 

(in  the  Werner's  Magazine,  v.  27,  July,  1901.) 

Parts:  4  men,  9  women  ;  time:  about  25  minutes; 
scene:  an  interior.  Also  published  in  Werner's 
Readings  and  Recitations,  v.  31. 

Rice,  K.  McDowell. 

Good    as    Gold :     a    comedy   in   4   short    acts. 

Worthington  (Mass.)    1902.     Author.     25c. 

Parts:  10  women,  1  man,  musicians  ;  time:  about 
1  hour  ;     scene:  simple  interior  and  exterior. 

Mrs.  Bagg's  Bargain  Day  :    a  comedy  in  2  acts. 
Worthington  (Mass.)     Author.     25c. 

Parts  :  2  men,  9  women,  4  children  ;  time  :  about 
30  minutes  ;  scenes  :  the  interior  of  a  department 
store  and  a  home  interior. 

Mrs.    Tubb's   Telegram :    a    comedy    in   1  act- 
Worthington  (Mass.)     Author.     25c. 

Parts :  5  women,  5  children  ;  time  :  20  minutes  ; 
scene:  a  kitchen.  Also  published  in  the  St.  Nich- 
olas Magazine,  February,  1905. 


38  Ric  Sch 

A   Successful  Stratagem:     a   comedy    in   1    act. 

Worthington  (Mass.)     Author.     25c. 

Parts:  2  men,  2  women  ;  time:  about  30  minutes  ; 
scene:  an  interior. 

Permission  to  act  or  make  use  of  these  plays  must  be 
obtained  from  the  author  K.  M.  Rice,  Worthing- 
ton, Mass. 

Richmond,  Grace  S. 

Honor  and   the  Girl:  a  parlor  love  play,     (In 
the  Ladies'  Home  Journal,  February,  1903.) 
Parts:  1  man,  1  woman  ,     time:  about   20  minutes ; 
scene:  an  interior. 

Riviere,  Freda. 

Roses  and  Thorns:  a  duologue,  and  Tantrums- 

a  comedy.     Lond.   1904.     Dent.     6d. 
Contents  : 

Roses  and  Thorns: 

Parts  :  2  women  ;  time  :  15  minutes  ;  scene  :  an 
interior. 

Tantrums. 

Parts:  1  man,  2  women  ;  time:  10  minutes  ;  scene: 
an  interior. 

Rostand,  Edmond. 

The  Romancers  :  a   comedy  in    3   acts.      Best, 
n.  d.     Baker.     25c. 

Parts:  5  men,  1  woman,  attendants  ;  time  :  a  full 
evening  ;  scene  :  a  garden.  Another  version  has 
been  published  by  Russell  of  New  York  under  the 
title  of  "  The  Fantasticks." 

Schell,  Stanley. 

Convention  of   Laborers :  cantata    for  schools, 

etc.  especially  suited  for  Labor  Day.     N.  Y. 

Werner  Pub.  Co.     35c. 

Parts:  any  number  ;  time:  45  minutes  ;  no  special 
scenery.  Also  published  in  Werner's  Magazine, 
V.  29,  June,  1902. 


Sch-Sea  39 

Maid  of  Plymouth:  colonial  play  in  8  scenes, 
taken  from  Longfellow's  "  Miles  Standish." 
N.  Y.     Werner  Pub.  Co.     25c. 

Parts:  5  men,  1  woman,  any  number  of  Puritans, 
Indians,  etc.;  time  :  1  hour  ;  scenes:  interiors, 
street  and  forest.  Also  published  in  Werner's 
Magazine,  v.  29,  April,  1902. 

Real  Thanksgiving :  comedy  romantic  play. 
N.  Y.     Werner  Pub.  Co.     35c. 

Parts  :  any  number  ;  time:  1  hour  ;  scene:  an  ex- 
terior. It  may  be  given  on  a  lawn  well  covered 
with  trees  or  on  a  stage.  Also  published  in  Wer- 
ner's Magazine,  November,  1899. 

Temple  of  Fame;  allegorical  play.  N.  Y. 
Werner  Pub.  Co.     35c. 

Parts:  any  number  ;  time:  40  minutes  ;  scenes:  a 
wood  and  an  interior.  Also  published  in  Werner's 
Magazine,  March,  1901. 

Schell,  Stanley,     comp. 

Hallowe'en  Festivities.  (Werner's  Readings 
and  Recitations  no.  31.)  N.  Y.  1903.  Wer- 
ner Pub.  Co.     35c. 

This  is  a  collection  of  prose  and  verse  with  sugges- 
tions for  celebrating  Hallowe'en  ;  it  contains  a 
short  play,  "  The  Clever  Matchmakers." 

Searle,  Katherine. 

Moving  Out:  a  comedy  in  1  act. 

Parts:  2  men,  4  women  ;  time  :  about  40  minutes  ; 
scene  :  a  home  interior.  Originally  produced  at 
Radclifle  College.  For  terms  and  manuscript  ad- 
dress :  Miss  Katherine  Searle,  41  Concord  Ave. 
Cambridge,  Mass. 


40  Sey-Sha 

Seymour,  Edward  Martin. 

Two  Jolly  Girl  Bachelors :  a  romantic  farce. 
N.  Y.  1906.     Werner  Pub.  Co.     15c. 

Parts:  2  women;  time:  40  minutes ;  scene:  an  in- 
terior. Also  published  in  Werner's  Readings  and 
Recitations,  v.  36. 

Shaler,  Nathaniel  Southgate. 

Elizabeth  of  England  :  a  dramatic  romance  in 
five  parts.     Bost.  1903.     Houghton. 

Contents: 

The   Coronation. 

Parts:  27  men,  5  women,  1  child,  number  of  at- 
tendants. 

The  Rival  Queens. 

Parts:  32  men,  3  women,  attendants. 

Armada  Days. 

Parts:  17  men,  3  women,  attendants 

The  Death  of  Essex. 

Parts:  31  men,  3  women,  attendants. 

The  Passing  of  the  Queen. 

Parts:  25  men,  6  women,  1  child,  attendants. 

Without  cutting,  each  of  the  5  parts  of  this  poem 
would  play  a  full  evening.  A  presentation  would 
call  for  much  arrangement  and  very  elaborate 
scenery. 

Shattuck,  Harriette  R. 

Our  Mutual  Friend  :  a  comedy  in  4  acts  dram- 
atized from  the  novel  by  Charles  Dickens. 
Bost.     Baker.     25c. 

Parts  :  4  men,  4  women  ;  time  :  a  full  evening ; 
scenes:  3  interiors. 


Sha-She 


41 


Shaw,  George  Bernard. 

The  Man  of  Destiny.     (In  his  Plays,  Pleasant 
and  Unpleasant,     v.  2.    Chic.  1905.     Stone.) 
Parts  :    3   men,  1  woman  ;     time:   1  hour ;     scene:  a 
room  in  an  Italian  inn  in  the  time  of  Napoleon. 

Sheridan,  Richard  Brinsley. 

The  Critic  ;  or,  A  Tragedy  Rehearsed. 

Parts  :  19  men,  5  women  ;  time  :  about  2  hours  ; 
scenes  :  an  18th  century  interior  and  a  bare  stage. 

The   Rivals:  a  comedy  in  5  acts.     Bost.  n.  d. 
Baker.     15c. 

Parts:  9  men,  5  women;  time:  a  full  evening; 
scenes:  18th  century  interiors,  street  scenes,  and  a 
field. 

"The  School  for  Scandal:  a  comedy  in  5  acts. 
Bost.  n.  d.     Baker.     15c. 

Parts:  12  men,  4  women;  time:  a  full  evening; 
scenes:  18th  century  interiors. 

Sherwood,  Josephine. 

Musical  setting  to  Milton's  Comus.     See  Mil- 
ton, John. 

Princess  Perfection:  an  operetta  in  2  acts. 

Parts:  7  men,  13  women,  chorus,  any  number;  time: 
2X  hours;  scene:  a  royal  park  with  a  terrace,  in 
mediaeval  times. 

Sherwood,  Josephine,  and  Berry,  K.  C. 
The  Orientals:  an  operetta  in  2  acts. 

Parts:  4  men,  12  women,  chorus,  any  number;  time: 
2X  hours;  scene:  a  tropical  garden  showing  a 
palace  exterior. 

These  two  operettas  were  originally  produced  at  Rad- 
clifFe  College.  For  manuscripts  and  terms  address: 
Miss  Josephine  Sherwood,  Newtonville,  Mass. 


42  Shi-Sop 

Shirley,  Arthur. 

Gringoire,  the  Ballad-monger:  a  play  in   1  act 

adapted    from    the    French   of    De   Banville. 

Chic.  n.  d.     Dramatic  Pub.  Co.      15c. 

Parts:  4  men,  2  women;     time:  45  minutes;     scene: 

a  Gothic  interior  of  the  15th  century.     Pathetic  in 

tone.       This  play  has  also  been    published   under 

the  title  of  "Pity." 

Shore,  W.  Teignmouth. 

Two  Old  Children.    Lond.  1903.    Dent.    6d. 

Parts:  2  men,  2  women;  time:  30  minutes;  scene: 
an  interior. 

Smith,  Margaret  H. 

A  Pair  of  Frauds.  N.  Y.  Werner  Pub.  Co. 
25c. 

Parts:  1  man,  2  women;  time:  about  40  minutes; 
scene:  an  interior.  Also  published  in  Werner's 
Magazine,  February,  1902. 

Smith,  S.  Decatur. 

The    Princess    Aline    Play:  a  two-act   comedy 

from  Richard  Harding  Davis'  story.     (In  the 

Ladies'  Home  Journal,  April,  1901.) 

Parts:  4  men,  4  women,  attendants;  time:  about  45 
minutes;  scene:  a  hotel  interior  and  palace  ball- 
room. 

Snowe,  Lucy. 

Croesus:  a  classical  play,  arranged  and  adapted 

from  Herodotus.     Lond.  1903.    Dent.     6d. 

Parts:  10  men,  attendants;  time:  about  1}^  hours; 
scene:  a  room  in  a  palace. 

Sophocles. 

Antigone:  a  tragedy  in  5  acts,  adapted  for  ama- 
teur performance  by  girls'  schools.  Bost. 
1902.     Baker.     15c. 

Parts:  5  men,  3  women;  time:  about  1  hour;  scen- 
ery may  be  dispensed  with. 


Sto-  43 

Stowe,  Mrs.  Harriet  Beecher. 

Dialogues  and  Scenes  from  the  Writings  of  Har- 
riet Beecher  Stowe,  arranged  by  Emily 
Weaver.  Bost.  1888.  Houghton.  15c. 
(The  Riverside  Literature  Series.) 

Contents: 

Senator    Bird:  in    5  scenes.     (Uncle   Tom's 

Cabin.) 

Parts:  3  men,  3  women,  4  children;     time:  about  40 
minutes;     scenes:  3  interiors. 

The  Way  She  was  Raised.  (Oldtown  Folks.) 

Parts:   5  women,  1  child;     time:  about  20   minutes; 
scenes:  2  interiors. 

Dinah's  Kitchen.     (Uncle  Tom's  Cabin.) 
Parts:   3    men,   2  women;     time:    about  10  minutes; 
scenes:  2  interiors. 

Who  Would  Marry  a  Minister.?     (The  Min- 
ister's Wooing.) 

Parts:  4  women,  attendants;     time:  about  5  minutes; 
scene:  an  interior. 

The    Art   of   Bedmaking.       (Uncle      Tom's 
Cabin.) 

Parts:  2  women,  2  children;     time:  about  5  minutes; 
scene:  an  interior. 

The  Power  of  Love.     (Uncle  Tom's  Cabin.) 
Parts:  1  man,  1  woman,  2 children;     time:  5  minutes; 
scene:  an  interior. 

The  Practical  Test.     (The  Minister's  Woo- 
ing.) 

Parts:  2  men,  2  women;     time:  .5  minutes;     scene:  an 
interior. 

The  Village  Do-nothing.     (Oldtown  Folks.) 
Parts:  1  man,  1  woman;     time:  5  minutes;     scene:  a 
kitchen. 


44  Sto-Sut 

Sam  Lawson's  Thanksgiving  Dinner.     (Old- 
town  Folks.) 

Parts:    1   man,    2  woman,  2  boys;     time:  3  minutes; 
scene:  an  interior. 

Sturgis,  Julian. 

Comedy  Sketches  for  Two  and  Three  Charac- 
ters.    Bost.  1902.     Baker.     25c. 

Contents : 

Apples. 

Parts:  1  man,  2  women;     time:   about  30   minutes; 
scene:  a  studio. 

Fireflies. 

Parts:  1  man,  1  woman;     time:  15  minutes;     scene: 
an  exterior. 

Picking  up  the  Pieces. 

Parts:  1  man,   1  woman;     time:  about  30  minutes; 
scene:  an  interior. 

Half-way  to  Arcady. 

Parts:    1   man,    1  woman;     time:  about  10  minutes; 
scene:  an  exterior. 

Contains  also  two  other  pieces  less  suited  to  amateur 
acting. 

Sutherland,  Mrs.  Evelyn  Greenleaf. 

A  Bit  of  Instruction:  a  little  comedy.  (In  her 
Po'  White  Trash  and  Other  One-act  Dramas. 
Chic.  1900.     Stone.) 

Parts:  2  men;     time:  about   30  minutes;     scene:   an 
interior. 

A  Comedie  Royall:  being  a  forgotten  episode 
of  Elizabeth's  day.  (In  her  Po'  White 
Trash.) 

Parts:  4  men,  2   women;     time:  about  40   minutes; 
scene:  an  audience  chamber  of  the  palace. 


Sut-Ten  45 

Galatea    of   the  Toy-shop:  a   fantasy   in   1  act. 
(In  her  Po'  White  Trash.) 

Parts:  1  man,  1  woman;  time:  about  30  minutes; 
scene:  the  woricroom  of  a  German  toy-maker. 

A  Song  at  the  Castle:  a  romantic  comedy  in  1 
act.     (In  her  Po'  White  Trash.) 

Parts:  6  men,  2  women;  time:  about  45  minutes; 
scene  :  the  state  drawing-room  of  Dublin  castle  in 
1798. 

The  other  plays  in  Mrs.  Sutherland's  "Po'  White 
Trash"  are  perhaps  better  adapted  to  the  profes- 
sional than  the  amateur  stage. 

Tarkington,  Booth. 

Kisses  of  Marjorie.     N.  Y.     Werner  Pub.  Co. 
35c. 

Parts:  3  men,  2  women;  time:  about  15  minutes; 
scene:  a  garden.  Also  published  in  Werner's 
Readings  and  Recitations,  v.  34. 

Tarpey,  W.  Kingsley. 

Crabbed  Age  and  Youth.     Lond.  1901.      Dent. 
6d. 

Parts:  3  men,  2  women;  time:  about  45  minutes; 
scene:  an  interior. 

Taylor,  Tom. 

A  Sheep  in  Wolf's  Clothing:  a  domestic  drama 
in  1  act.     Bost.  n.  d.     Baker.      15c. 

Parts:  7  men,  4  women;  time:  1  hour;  scene:  an 
English  interior  in  1685. 

Tennyson,  Alfred,  Lord. 
The  Falcon. 

Parts:    2    men,    2   women;       time:    about    1    hour; 

scene:  an  interior. 

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46  Ten-Tho 


The  Foresters:  Robin  Hood  and  Maid  Marian. 
Parts:  12  men,  3  women,  attendants;     time:  a  fuH 
evening;     scenes:  a  garden,  a  banqueting  hall  and 
Sherwood  forest. 

The  Princess;  recast  as  a  drama.  Bost.  1881. 
Baker.     25c. 

Parts:  8  men,  4  women,  numerous  attendants;  time: 
afuli  evening;  scenes:  can  be  made  very  elaborate. 
Swan  Sonnenschein  and  Co.  of  London  also  pub- 
lish a  version  of  "The  Princess"  in  their  series  of 
Standard  Plays  for  Amateur  Performance  in  Girls' 
Schools. 

Terris,  Carhon  H. 

The  King's  Command:  a  comedietta  in  1  act. 
Lond.  1902.     Dent.     6d. 

Parts:  3  men,  1  woman;  time:  20  minutes;  scene: 
interior  in  Paris  during  the  reign  of  Louis  15th. 

Thackeray,  WilHam  Makepeace. 

The  Rose  and  the  Ring:  adapted  for  the  pri- 
vate stage.  Cambridge,  Mass.  1880.  Kent. 
25c. 

Parts:  15  men,  5  women,  attendants,  any  number; 
time:  a  full  evening;  scenes:  palace  interiors  and 
forest  scenes. 

"Thank  Goodness  the  Table  is  Spread:"  comedy 

play  in  1  act.     N.  Y.     Werner  Pub.  Co.    15c. 

Parts:  3  men,  3  women;     time:  30  minutes;     scene: 

an    interior.     Published    in     Werner's    Magazine, 

May,   1902.     Also  published   under  the  titles  "A 

Woman's  Won't"  and  "The  Obstinate  Family." 

Thomas,  Charles. 

Breaking  the  Ice;  or,  A  Piece  of  Holly.     N.  Y. 

1906.     Werner  Pub.  Co.      15c. 

Parts:  1  man,  1  woman;  time:  about  50  minutes; 
scene:  an  interior.  Also  published  in  Werner's 
Readings  and  Recitations,  v.  36. 


Tif-Tru  47 

Tiffany,  Esther  B. 

Bachelor  Maids:  a  comedy  in  1  act.     Bost.  n.  d. 
Baker.      15c. 

Parts:  6  women;  time:  30  minutes;  scenes:  very 
simple  interiors. 

Trent,  John  Jason. 

Owin'   to   Maggie:  a   comedy  in  1  act.     Bost. 
1904.     Baker.     15c. 

Parts:  3  men,  4  women;  time:  40  minutes;  scene: 
tenement  house  interior.  Amateurs  presenting 
this  play  must  pay  a  royalty  of  $5  a  performance. 

The  Triumph  of  Pauline:  a   comedy  in  1  act. 
Chic.  1903.      Dramatic  Pub.  Co.     25c. 
Parts:  2  men,  4  women;     time:  20  minutes;     scene: 
an  attractive  interior. 

Trumbull,  Annie  Eliot. 

As  Strangers:  a  comedietta  in  1  act.     (InScrib- 
ner's  Magazine,  August,  1896.) 
Parts:  1  man,  2  women;     time:  about  1  hour;     scene: 
an  interior. 

A    Confidence    Game;    in     1    act.       Hartford, 

Bureau  of  Amateur  Entertainment.     25c. 

Parts:  1  man,  3  women;  time:  about  45  minutes; 
scene:  an  interior.  For  information  concerning 
the  royalty  on  this  play  address  the  publishers. 

The  Green-room  Rivals:  a  comedietta  in  1  act. 
Bost.  1894.     Baker.     15c. 

Parts:  2  men,  2  woman;  time:  30  minutes;  scene: 
an  interior. 

A  Masque  of  Culture.     Hartford,  Conn.    1894. 

Bureau  of  Amateur  Entertainment.     25c. 

Parts:  2  men,  10  women;  time:  about  2  hours; 
scenes:  an  arbor  near  Olympus  and  a  hall.  The 
experience  of  Socrates  and  Confucius  at  a  women's 
convention  supplies  the  plot.  For  information 
concerning  the  royalty  on  this  play  address  the 
publishers. 


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48  Tru-Uda 

Mind  Cure;  or,  When  Doctors  Agree,  a  farce. 
Hartford,  Conn.  1896.  Bureau  of  Amateur 
Entertainment.     25c. 

Parts:  2  women;  time:  about  1  hour;  scene:  an 
office.  For  information  concerning  royalty  on 
this  play  address  the  publishers. 

Problems  of  a  Philanthropist.  Hartford,  1900. 
Bureau  of  Amateur  Entertainment.     25c. 

Parts:  1  man,  Swomen;  time:  about  1  hour;  scene: 
an  interior.  For  information  concerning  the 
royalty  on  this  play  address  the  publishers. 

St  Valentine's  Day:  a  comedy  in  1  act,  Bost. 
1892.     Baker.     15c. 

Parts:  2  women;  time:  about  30  minutes;  scene:  a 
home  interior. 

The  Wheel  of  Progress.  Hartford,  1898. 
Bureau  of  Amateur  Entertainment.     25c. 

Parts:  20  women;  time:  about  2  hours;  scenes:  2 
interiors.  For  information  concerning  the  royalty 
on  this  play  address  the  publishers. 

Writing  a  Play:  comedy.  N.  Y.  Werner 
Pub.  Co.     35c. 

Parts:  1  man,  1  woman;  time:  30  minutes;  scene: 
an  interior.  Also  published  in  Werner's  Magazine, 
V.  21,  April,  1898. 

Udall,  Nicholas. 

Ralph  Roister  Doister:  edited  by  Edward  Ar- 
ber.     Birmingham,  1869.     (English  Reprints.) 

Parts  :  9  men,  4  women  ;  time  :  a  full  evening  ; 
scenery  :  none.  Also  published  in  Gayley,  C.  M. 
ed.  Representative  English  Comedies.  N.  Y. 
1903,     Macmillan. 


War-Yea  49 

Warren,  Ernest. 

"The    Nettle;"     a    romantic    comedy.      N.   Y. 

1906.     Werner  Pub.  Co.      15c. 

Parts:  1  man,  1  woman  ;  time:  1  hour  ;  scene:  an 
interior.  Also  published  in  Werner's  Readings 
and  Recitations,  v.  36. 

Warren,   Marie  Josephine. 

The  Elopement  of  Ellen  :  a  farce  comedy  in  3 
acts.     Bost.  1906.     Baker.     25c. 
Parts:    4    men,  3   women;     time:    about    2  hours; 
scenes:  1  exterior,  1  interior. 

Tommy's  Wife  :  a  farce  in  3  acts.     Bost.  1906. 

Baker.     25c. 

Parts:  3  men,  5  women  ;  time:  1%  hours  ;  scenes: 
2  interiors. 

Whitehead,  Lucy. 

A  Rustic  Maid.     Lond.  1901.     Dent.     6d. 
Parts  :     2    men,  4   women  ;     time  :    about   1    hour  ; 
scene  :    a  garden. 

Yeats,  William  Butler. 

The    Hour-glass,   and    Other    Plays.       N.    Y. 
1904.        Macmillan.        (Plays   for    an    Irish 
Theatre,  v.  2.) 
Contents  ; 

The  Hour-glass  :  a  morality. 
Parts:  4  men,  2  women,  2  children  ;     time  :    about  1 
hour  ;     scene:  a  simple  interior. 

Cathleen  Ni  Hoolihan. 

Parts  :  2  men,  3  women,  1  boy,  neighbors  ;  time  : 
about  1  hour  ;     scene:  a  cottage   kitchen. 

A  Pot  of  Broth. 

Parts:  2  men,  1  woman  ;  time:  about  45  minutes  ; 
scene:  a  cottage  kitchen. 


50  Yea-You 


The  Land  of    Heart's  Desire:  a  play  of  faery. 
Bost.  n.  d.     Baker.     15c. 

Parts:  3  men,  3  women  ;  time:  30  minutes  ;  scene: 
a  plain  interior. 

Young,  Sir  Charles. 

Petticoat     Perfidy :       a    comedietta   in    1    act. 
Chic.     Dramatic  Pub.  Co.     15c. 

Parts:  3  women  ;  time:  about  30  minutes  ;  scene  : 
an  interior.  Also  published  in  Werner's  Maga- 
zine, October   1901. 


Plays  for  Children 

Alcott,  Louisa  M. 

Jack  and  Jill. 

For  a  dramatization  of  a  scene  from  this  story  see 
S.  D.  Smith's  Jack  and  Jill  in  list  of  Christmas 
plays. 

Little  Men. — Little  Women. 

For  dramatizations  of  these  stories  see  E.  L.  Gould's 
The  "Little  Men"  Play.— The  "Little  Women" 
Play. 

Alcott,  Louisa  M.  and  Pratt,  Mrs.  A.  B.  A. 

Comic  Tragedies:  written  by  "Jo"  and  "Meg" 
and   acted    by  the   "Little   Women".      Bost. 
1893.     Roberts. 
Contents : 

Noma ;  or  the  Witch's  Curse. 
Parts  :  6    men,  3    women  ;     time  :    about  2  hours  ; 
scenes:  homemade  but  can  be  as  elaborate  as  desired 
in  all  these  plays. 

Captive  of  Castile ;    or.  The  Moorish  Maid- 
en's Vow. 
Parts:  4  men,  1  woman  ;     time:  about  1%  hours. 

The   Greek  Slave. 

Parts:  3  men,  2  women  ;     time:  about  Iji  hours. 

Ion  [a  fragment.] 

Parts:  10  men,  2  women  ;     time:  about  lyi  hours. 

Bianca:  operatic  tragedy. 

Parts:  3  men,  2  women  ;     time:  about  30  minutes. 

The  Unloved  Wife;  or,  Woman's  Faith. 
Parts:  2  men,  2  women  ;     time:  about  1%  hours. 

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52  All-Bel 

Allen,  A.  E. 

Fete  in  Flowerland:  operetta.  N.  Y.  Wer- 
ner Pub.  Co.     40c. 

Parts:  any  number  of  small  and  large  children  ; 
time  :  1  hour  ;  no  particular  scenery.  Also  pub- 
lished in  Werner's    Magazine,  v.  29,  March,  1902. 

Batchelder,  C.  B. 

The  Wings  of  Mignonette :  an  entertainment 
for  children  in  2  acts.  Bost,  1905.  Baker. 
15c. 

Parts:  8  girls  ;  time:  about  30  minutes  ;  scenes:  2 
interiors. 

Baum,  Rosemary. 

The  Doll's  Frolic  :  an  entertainment  in  1  scene. 
Bost.  [1898.]     Baker.     15c. 

Parts:  3  girls,  2  boys  ;  time:  about  15  minutes  ; 
scene:  a  nursery. 

Bell,  Mrs.  Hugh. 

Fairy  Tale  Plays  and  How  to  Act  Them. 
Lond.  1899.     Longmans. 

Contents : 

Ali  Baba ;     or,  The  Forty  Thieves,  in  3  acts. 

Parts:  5  boys,  3  girls  ;  time:  about  45  minutes  ; 
scenes:  2  oriental  interiors  and  a  robbers'  cave. 

Rumpelstiltzkin  ;  in  5  acts. 

Parts  :  7  boys,  1  girl  ;  time  :  about  45  minutes  ; 
scenes:  2  interiors  and  a  wood. 

Red  Riding  Hood  ;  in  3  acts. 
Parts:    1  boy,  3   girls  ;     time  :    about    30    minutes  ; 
scenes:  2  interiors  and  a  wood. 

Beauty  and  the  Beast;  in  6  acts. 

Parts  :  3  boys,  3  girls  ;  time:  45  minutes  ;  scenes: 
2  interiors  and  a  garden. 


Bel-  53 


Jack  and  the  Beanstalk  ;  in  3  acts. 

Parts:  3  boys,  2  girls  ;  time  :  about  30  minutes  ; 
scenes:  2  interiors. 

Cinderella;  in  4  acts. 

Parts:  2  boys,  5  girls,  attendants  ;  time  :  about  30 
minutes;  scenes:  a  simple  interior  and  the  prince's 
ballroom. 

Foolish  Jack  :     a  dialogue. 

Parts:  1  boy,  1  girl  ;  time  about  10  minutes  ;  scene: 
an  interior. 

The  Golden  Goose;  in  4  acts. 

Parts:  4  boys,  1  girl;  time:  10  minutes;  scenes:  an 
interior  and  a  wood. 

The  Tinder-box;  in  4  acts. 

Parts:  5  boys,  3  girls;  time:  about  45  minutes; 
scenes:  a  roadway  and  an  interior. 

The  Three  Wishes. 

Parts:  1  boy,  2  girls;  time:  15  minutes;  scene:  an 
interior. 

The  Emperor's  New  Clothes;  in  3  acts. 

Parts:  11  boys,  2  girls,  attendants;  time:  30  minutes; 
scenes:  2  interiors  and  a  street. 

The  Fisherman  and  His  Wife. 

Parts:  2  boys,  1  girl;  time:  20  minutes;  scene:  an 
interior. 

The  Sleeping  Beauty;  in  4  acts. 

Parts:  4  boys,  9  girls;  time:  about  45  minutes; 
scenes:  a  palace  interior  and  a  wood. 

Bluebeard;  in  2  acts. 

Parts:  7  boys,  2  girls,  attendants;  time:  about  45 
minutes;     scenes:  2  interiors. 

This  book  contains  an  introduction  of  some  50 
pages,  giving  helpful  suggestions  for  producing 
children's  plays. 


54  B'a-Car 

Black,  Clementina. 

Kindergarten  Plays.  2v.  Lond.  1903.  Dent. 
Is. 

Contents : 

V.  1    Mother  Hubbard's  Tea  Party. 

Parts:  9  boys,  6  girls;     time:  10  minutes;     scene:  an 
interior. 

The  Queen  of  Hearts. 

Parts:  19  children;     time:  5  minutes;     scene:  an  in- 
terior. 

The  Toy  Shop. 

Parts:  any  number  of  children  from   12  up;  time:  5 
minutes;     scene:  interior  of  a  toy  shop. 

V.  2  The  King's  Riddle. 

Parts:  4  boys,   and  chorus,   any  number;     time:    15 
minutes;     scene:  an  interior. 

The  New  Year. 

Parts:  13  children;     time:  5  minutes:  no  scenery. 

Brooks,  Elbridge  S. 

Friends  or  Foes?  (in  the  St.  Nicholas  Maga- 
zine, March,  1890.) 

Parts:  6  boys,  12  girls,  as  many  others  as  are  desired; 
time:  about  30  mi..utes;     scene:  a  forest. 

The  Magic  Pen:  an  operetta  for  children,  (in 
the  St.  Nicholas  Magazine,  November  and 
December,  1881.) 

Parts:    14  boys,   8  girls;     time:   about    30    minutes; 
scene:  an  interior. 

Carroll,  Lewis. 

Alice  in  Wonderland. 

For  dramatization  of  this  story  see  Mrs  Burton  Har- 
rison's Alice  in  Wonderland. 


Cas-Fie  55 

Case,  Nellie  E. 

A  Dream  of  the  Flowers:  a  cantata  for  children. 

Bost.  1899.     Baker.     25c. 

Parts:  1  boy,  14  girls,  chorus;  time:  about  1  hour; 
no  special  scenery. 

Clarke,  Mary  Cowden. 

Puck's  Pranks;  or,  Good  for  Evil,  a  juvenile 
drama  in  1  act.  (in  the  St.  Nicholas  Maga- 
zine, February,  1883.) 

Parts:  3  boys,  3  girls;  time:  about  20  minutes; 
scene:  an  inteiior. 

Dickenson,  Caroline  E.  and  Schell,  Stanley. 

Roll  Call  of  the  Nation  :  a  play  for  Independ- 
ence Day.     N.  Y.     Werner  Pub.  Co.     25c. 

Parts:  any  number  of  children;  time:  15  minutes; 
no  particular  scenery.  Also  published  in  Werner's 
Magazine,  v.  27,  May,  1901. 

Field,  Henrietta  Dexter,  and  Field,  R.  M. 

The  Muses  up  to  Date.     Chic.  1897.     Williams. 

Contents: 

The  Muses  up  to  Date:  a  mychological  liberty 
in  2  acts  with  a  prologue. 

Parts:  2  boys,  14  girls;  time:  about  45  minutes; 
scenes:  the  summit  of  Olympus,  a  hotel  room,  and 
a  garden. 

Cinderella:  a  fairy  comedy  in  3  acts. 

Parts:  5  boys,  10  girls,  attendants;  time:  about  45 
minutes;     scene:  a  garden. 

Trouble  in  the  Garden:  a  horticultural  epi- 
sode in  3  acts. 

Parts:  1  boy,  21  girls;  time:  about  45  minutes; 
scene:  a  garden. 


56  Fie-Gad 

The  Modern  Cinderella:  an  exploded  fairy 
tale  in  3  brief  acts. 

Parts:  5  boys,  10  girls,  attendants;     time:  15  minutes; 

no  scenery. 

The  Wooing  of  Penelope:  a  shadow  panto- 
mime in  5  acts. 

Parts:  4  boys,  2  girls;  time:  15  minutes;  no  scen- 
ery. 

A  Lesson  from  Fairy  Land;  in  3  acts. 

Parts:  10  boys,  13  girls,  any  number  of  attendants; 
time:  about  45  minutes;  scenes:  1  interior,  2  ex- 
teriors. 

Fitz-Gerald,  S.  J.  Adair. 

Birds  of  a  Feather,  and  the  Flower  Fairies' 
Frolic:  masques  for  children.  Lond.  1902. 
Dent.     6d. 

Contents: 

Birds  of  a  Feather. 

Parts:  4  boys,  3  girls,  chorus,  any  number;  time: 
30  minutes;     scene:  outdoors  in  winter. 

The  Flower  Fairies'  Frolic. 

Parts:  3  boys,  6  girls,  chorus,  any  number;  time: 
15  minutes;     scene:  an  open  space  in  a  forest. 

Music  for  both  plays,  composed  by  G.  W.  F. 
Crowther,  is  lent  by  the  publisher. 

Gaddess,  Mrs.  Mary  L. 

The   Ivy  Queen:  a  cantata  for  any  number  of 

girls.     Bost.  1902.     Baker.     25c. 

Parts:  4  boys,  any  number  of  girls;  time:  about  30 
minutes;     no  scenery  required. 

Revels  of  the  Queen  of  May  and  her  Fairies:  a 
cantata  for  45  girls.     Bost.  1902.     Baker.  25c. 
Parts:  45  girls,   1   boy;     time:  30   minutes;     scene: 
ouidoors. 


Gou-Gup  57 

Gould,  Elizabeth  Lincoln. 

The  "Little  Men"  Play:  a  two-act  .  .  .  play 
adapted  from  Louisa  M.  Alcott's  famous  story. 
Phil.  1900.     Curtis  Pub.  Co.     50c. 

Parts:  1  man,  1  woman,  5  boys,  3  giils;  time:  45 
minutes;  scenes:  interiors.  Originally  published 
in  the  Ladies'  Home  Journal,  December,  1900. 

The  "  Little  Women  "  Play  :  a  two-act  .  ,  . 
play  adapted  from  Louisa  M  Alcott's  famous 
story.     Phil.   1900.     Curtis  Pub.  Co.     50c. 

Parts:  2  boys,  6  girls  ;  time:  45  minutes  ;  scene: 
an  interior.  Also  published  in  the  Ladies'  Home 
Journal,  January,   1901. 

Guild,  Thacher  Howland. 

The  Clancey  Kids  :  a  comedy  in  2  acts.  Bost. 
1904.     Baker.      15c. 

Parts:  18  girls  ;  time:  1  hour ;  scene:  a  garden. 
Originally  written  for  and  produced  by  the  Upsilon 
Sigma  Society  of  the  Hope  Street  High  School, 
Providence,  R.  1. 

Guptill,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  F. 

The  Contest  of  the  Nations:  a  spectacular  play 
or  cantata,  music  by  Archibald  Humboldt. 
Lebanon,  O.  1906.      March.     25c. 

Parts:  13  girls;  time:  about  1  hour;  no  special 
scenery. 

The  Holidays'  Carnival.  Lebanon,  O.  1904. 
March.      15c. 

Parts:  16  children  ;  time  :  30  minutes  ;  no  special 
scenery.  The  characters  represent  all  the  principal 
holidays  of  the  year. 


58  Gup-Kin 

The  Stars  and  Stripes  Jubilee  :  a  patriotic  spec- 
tacular entertainment,  music  by  Archibald 
Humboldt.  Lebanon,  O.  1906.  March. 
25c. 

Parts:  7  boys,  28  girls  ;  time  :  \%  hours  ;  scene  : 
the  stage  draped  with  the  national  colors. 

Hard,  Henry,  and  Schell,  Stanley. 

Aladdin  ;  or,  The  Wonderful  Lamp,  juvenile 
play  for  school  or  home  production.  N.  Y. 
Werner  Pub.  Co.     35c. 

Parts  :  9  boys,  3  girls  ;  time  :  1  hour  or  more  ; 
scene:  an  interior.  Also  published  in  Werner's 
Magazine,  v.  26,  November,  1900. 

Harrison,  Mrs.  Burton. 

Alice  in  Wonderland:  a  play  for  children,  in  3 
acts  [dramatized  from  the  story  by  Lewis 
Carroll.]  Chic.  n.  d.  Dramatic  Pub.  Co. 
25c. 

Parts  :  16  boys,  14  girls  ;  time:  about  1%  hours; 
scenes  :  two  outdoors,  and  a  hall  in  the  queen's 
palace. 

Hutchinson,  M.  F. 

A  Japanese  Romance :  a  play  for  girls.  Lond. 
n.  d.     Dent.     6d. 

Parts:  8  girls,  1  little  boy,  any  number  of  attendants  ; 
time:  2  hours  ;  scenes  :  Japanese  interiors  and  a 
garden. 

King,  Georgiana  Goddard. 

Comedies  and  Legends  for  Marionettes:  a 
theatre  for  boys  and  girls.  N.  Y.  1904. 
Macmillan. 

Contents : 

Introduction:  Instructions  for  making  a 
marionette  theatre. 


Kin-Nes  59 

Plays  :  I'he  Loyal  Two. — Columbine's  Mar- 
riage.— The  Magic  Hat. 

Legends  [in  dramatic  form]:  The  Legend  of 
St  Francis. — Tne  Legend  of  St.  Dorothy. 

Pantomimes:  Snowflake  and  the  Dwarfs. — 
Mother  Hubbard  and  Her  Dog. 

Lee,  Albert. 

The  Knave  of  Hearts:  a  Fourth  of  July  come- 
dietta.    N.  Y.  1897.     Russell.  50c,  paper. 

Parts  :  9  boys,  4  girls,  other  attendants  if  desireil  ; 
time  :  about  43  minutes  ;  scene:  audience-cham- 
ber in  the  palace  of  the  King  of  Hearts. 

Lowell,  Caroline  C. 

Prince  Charming's  Fate:  an  operetta   in  3  acts. 

(In    the    St.    Nicholas    Magazine,   February, 

1903.) 

Parts  :  6  boys,  7  girls,  attendants  ;  time:  about  30 
minutes  ;     scenes:  a  forest  and  2  interiors. 

Nesbitt,  Frank. 

The    Magic    Whistle,  and    Other    Fairy    Tale 
Plays.     N.  Y.    1906.     Longmans.     $1. 

Contents  : 

The  Magic  Whistle. 

Parts  :  15  boys,  4  girls  ;  time  :  about  30  minutes  ; 
scenes  :  a  wood,  a  meadow,  and  an  interior. 

The  Mole  King's  Daughter. 

Parts  :  14  boys,  8  girls  ;  time  :  about  30  minutes  ; 
scenes:  a  garden  and  2  interiors. 

Rumpelstiltskin. 

Parts:  10  boys,  3  girls  ;  time:  25  minutes  ;  scenes: 
2  interiors  and  a  wood. 


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The  Golden  Goose. 

Parts:  4  boys,  9  girls,  any  number  of  extra  children; 

time  :    about  30  minutes  ;     scene:  a  wood,  and  a 

village  green. 

Beauty  and  the  Beast. 

Parts  :  2  boys,  18  girls  ;  time  :  about  30  minutes  ; 
scenes:  a  garden  and  another  outdoor  scene. 

The  Goose  Girl. 

Parts  :  14  boys,  6  girls  ;     time  :    about  20    minutes  ; 

scenes:  a  wood  and  2  interiors. 
Plays    published    separately    for    25c    each  ;     songs 

each  25c. 

St.  Nicholas  Book  of  Plays  and  Operettas.     N.  Y. 
1900.     Century. 
Contents  : 

The  Modern  and  Mediaeval  Ballad  of  Mary 

Jane. 
Parts  :    3  men,  1  woman  ;     time:    about  20  minutes. 
"This  is  a  shadow  play  which  can  be  performed  in 
any  parlor."      Also  published  in  the  St.  Nicholas 
Magazine,  v.  4,  January,  1877. 

Acting  Ballads:  suggestions  for  home  enter- 
tainments. 

Also  published  in  the  St.  Nicholas  Magazine,  Feb- 
ruary, 1876. 

The  House  of  Sir  Santa  Claus  :  a  Christmas 
fairy  show,  by  Edward  Eggleston. 

Parts  :  3  boys,  4  giils ;  time:  about  20  minutes ; 
scene  :  outdoor,  showing  the  house  of  Santa  Claus. 
Also  published  in  St.  Nicholas  Magazine,  Decem- 
ber, 1876. 

Mother  Goose  Operetta  ;  in  3  scenes,  founded 
upon  the  story  of  "Bobby  Shaftoe"  by 
G.  B.  Bartlett. 

Parts:  12  boys,  11  girls  ;  time:  about  15  minutes  ; 
no  special  scenery. 


St.  N-  61 

The    Land    of    Nod  :      an   operetta   for   young 
folks,  by  E.  S.  Brooks. 
Parts  :   11  boys,  7  girls,  as   many   others  as  desired  : 
time:  about  30  minutes  ;    scene:   an  interior.    Also 
in  St.  Nicholas  Magazine,  December,  1880. 

The    Giant     Picture-book :       a    new    style    of 
tableaux  vivants,  by  G.  B.  Bartlett. 
Time  and  number  of  parts  vary  according  to  the  sub- 
jects chosen  for    representation.      Also   published 
in  the  St.  Nicholas  Magazine,  June,  1881. 

Shadow-pantomimes;  by  Herman  H.  Birney. 
Parts:   7  women,  2  men;     time:  about   20   minutes. 
Also  in  St.  Nicholas  Magazine,  August,  1888. 

The  Magic  Sword  ;  by  Katharine  Pyle. 

Parts  :  5  boys,  4  girls;  time:  about  30  minutes; 
scenes:  interiors.  Also  in  St.  Nicholas  Magazine, 
November,  1897. 

The  False  Sir  Santa  Glaus:  a  Christmas  masque 
for  young  and  old,  by  E.  S.  Brooks. 

Parts:  9  boys,  4  girls;  time:  about  40  minutes;  no 
special  scenery.  As  large  a  chorus  as  is  desired 
may  be  used.  Also  published  in  the  St.  Nicholas 
Magazine,  November,  1882. 

A  Sixteenth  Century  Christmas;  by  C.  L.  Mur- 
dock. 

Parts:  6  men,  3  women,  with  choruses  and  attend- 
ants; time:  about  45  minutes;  scene:  an  interior, 
showing  open  fire.  Also  published  in  the  St. 
Nicholas  Magazine,  December,  1888. 

Christmas  Eve  at  Mother  Hubbard's:  a  Christ- 
mas play  for  school  or  parlor  entertainment, 
by  S.  J.  D. 

Parts:    5    boys,    5    girls;     time:    about   30  minutes; 
scene:    an    interior.      Also    published    in    the    St. 
Nicholas  Magazine,  September,  1898. 
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62  St.    N-Sch 

A  Lawn  Dance  for  Little  People;  by  L.  A 
Bradbury.     [Music  given.] 

Parts:  4  boys,  4  girls;  time:  about  20  minutes.  Also 
in  St.  Nicholas  Magazine,  June,  1892. 

Dickey  Dot  and  Dotty  Dick ;  by  E.  S.  Brooks. 
Parts:  1  boy,  1  girl  ;     time:  20  minutes;     no  particu- 
lar   scenery.     Also  published   in  the  St.  Nicholas 
Magazine,  February,  1886. 

An   Old   English  Folk-song ;  arranged  for  reci- 
tation  with  musical  accompaniment  by  E.  S. 
Kelley. 
Also  in  St.  Nicholas  Magazine,  October,  1890. 

Haydn's     "Children's     Symphony;"    by     J.     J. 
Lord. 
Also  in  St.  Nicholas  Magazine,   May,  1874. 

A  Topsyturvy  Concert;  by  G.  B.  Bartlett. 

Any  number  of  children;  no  special  scenery.  Also 
in  St.  Nicholas  Magazine,  January,  1894. 

The  Changeling:  a  flower  and  fairy  masque,  by 

H.  P.  Spofford. 

Parts:  30  or  more  children  ;  time:  about  35  minutes; 
scene:  a  garden  with  colored  lights.  Also  pub- 
lished in  St.  Nicholas  Magazine,  April,  1899. 

Schell,  Stanley. 

The  Animals'  Plea  to  the  Fairies:  a  musical 
play  for  children.  N.  Y.  Werner  Pub.  Co. 
25c. 

Parts:  any  number  of  children;  time:  45  minutes; 
no  special  scenery.  Also  published  in  Werner's 
Magazine,  August,  1902. 

Festival  of  the  Daisies.     N.  Y.     Werner  Pub. 

Co.     25c. 

Parts:  12  or  more  children;  time:  30  minutes; 
scene:  curtain  with  daisies  painted  on  it.  Also 
published  in  Werner's  Magazine,  v.  27,  June,  1902. 


Sch-Syr  63 

Mother   Goose's  Merry  Band:  tableaux  for  18 
children.     N.  Y.     Werner  Pub.  Co.     35c. 

Also  published  in  Werner's  Magazine,  v.  26,  Febru- 
ary, 1901. 

Seton,  Ernest  Thompson. - 

The   Wild  Animal   Play   [with   music]     N.  Y. 
Doubleday.     50c. 

Parts:  10  boys,  7  girls;  time:  about  45  minutes; 
scene:  a  forest.  Also  published  in  the  Ladies' 
Home  Journal,  v.  28,  July,     1900. 

Syrett,  Netta. 

Six    Fairy   Plays    for    Children.     N.    Y.    1904. 
Lane.     $1. 

Contents: 

The  Dream-lady. 

Parts:  4  boys,  6  girls,  and  attendants;  time:  about 
30  minutes;     scene:  a  garden. 

Little  Bridget. 

Parts:    1   boy,   4  girls,    any  number  of  pixies;     time 
about  45  minutes;     scene:  an  18th  century  kitchen- 
White  Magic. 

Parts:  2  boys,  4  girls,  any  number  of  fairies  and 
goblins;     time:  about  45  minutes;     scene:  a  wood. 

The  Gift  of  the  Fairies. 

Parts:  2  boys,  4  girls;  time:  about  1  hour;  scene: 
a  clock-maker's  shop. 

The  Wonderful  Rose. 

Parts:  1  boy,  3  girls;  time:  about  20  minutes; 
scene:  a  farmhouse  kitchen. 

In  Arcady. 

Parts:  1  boy,  1  girl,  a  number  of  little  dancers; 
time:  about  15  minutes;     scene:  a   drawing-room. 


Ballads  for  Shadow   Pantomimes 

\ 

Field,  Eugene. 

Delectable  Ballad  of  the  Waller   Lot.     (In  his 
Love    Songs    of    Childhood.      N.  Y.  1905 
Scribner.) 

Holmes,  Oliver  Wendell. 

The  Ballad  of  the  Oysterman.  (In  his  Poetical 
Works.) 

See  The  Wooing  of  Penelope  in  Field's  Muses  up 
to  date,  also : 

The  Modern  and  Mediaeval  Ballad  of  Mary 
Jane. — Acting  Ballads,  by  Amy  Lovell. — 
Shadow-pantomimes,  by  H.  H.  Birney.  (In 
the  St  Nicholas  Book  of  Plays  and  Operettas.) 
[For  data  see  list  of  children's  plays.] 


64 


Christmas  Plays 

Beringer,  Mrs.  Oscar, 

Holly  Tree  Inn  :  play  in  1  act,  adapted  .  .  . 
from  .  .  .  Dickens'  Christmas  story  "The 
Holly  Tree."  N.  Y.  1891-1906.  French. 
25c. 

Parts:  3  men,  2  women,  1  boy,  1  little  girl  ;  time  : 
about  1  hour  ;  scene  :  old-fashioned  interior,  dec- 
orated for  Christmas. 

Brooks,  Elbridge  S. 

Ye  Three  Somber  Young  Gentlemen  and  ye 
Three  Pretty  Girls:  a  Christmas  potpourri. 
(In  the  St.  Nicholas  Magazine,  December, 
1883.) 

Parts:  8  boys,  5  girls,  as  many  others  as  desired  ; 
time:  about  20  minutes  ;     a  winter  scene. 

Chase,  F.  E. 

Santa  Claus  the  First ;  a  Christmas  entertain- 
ment in  1  act.     Host.  1880.     Baker.     15c. 

Parts:  5  men,  8  children,  other  children  ad  libitum  ; 
time:  about  30  minutes  ;     no  special  scenery. 

Denslow,  Cecilia  P. 

The  Offerings  of  the  Year :  a  Christmas  enter- 
tainment for  children,  adapted  to  Sunday- 
school  or  home  use.  Bost.  1899.  Baker. 
15c. 

Parts  :  1  woman,  12  children  ;  time  :  30  minutes  ; 
no  special  scenery. 

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66  Gle-Gup 

Gleason,  Orissa  W. 

Trouble  in  Santa  Claus  Land :  a  Christmas 
entertainment  in  2  scenes.  Bost.  1905.  Baker. 
15c. 

Parts  :  1  man,  2  women,  6  boys,  6  girls  ;  time: 
about  30  minutes  ;    scene:  Santa  Claus' s  house. 

Gowe,   R. 

Jean  Noel :  a  story  of  Christmas  in  France. 
N.  Y.     Werner  Pub.  Co.     35c. 

Parts:  3  boys,  5  girls  ;  time:  1%  hours  ;  scenes  :  5 
interiors.  Also  published  in  Werner's  Readings 
and  Recitations,  v.  24. 

Guptill,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  F. 

Christmas  at  Santa  Claus  House:  a  play  for 
young  people.  Lebanon,  O.  1906.  March. 
25c. 

Parts:  9  boys,  14  girls  ;  time:  about  45  minutes  ; 
scene :  a  nursery,  and  outside  of  Santa  Claus' 
house. 

Christmas  at  Skeeter-Corner:  a  play  for  young 
folks.     Lebanon,  O.  1905.     March.     15c. 

Parts  :  5  boys,  7  girls,  more  may  be  used  ;  time  : 
about  30  minutes  ;     scene  :    a   school-room  of  50 

years  ago. 

A  Christmas  Dream  :  a  play  in  rhyme.  Leb- 
anon, O.  1905.     March.     25c. 

Parts  :  5  boys,  5  girls  ;  time  :  about  20  minutes  ; 
scene:  a  home  interior. 

Christmas  for  all  Nations:  a  play  in  rhyme. 
Lebanon,  O.  1905.     March.      15c. 

Parts  :  7  boys,  8  girls  ;  time  :  about  30  minutes  ; 
no  special  scenery.  This  play  is  especially  reli- 
gious in  tone. 


Gup-Hyd  67 

A  Christmas  Joke.     Lebanon,  O.  1905.    March. 

25c. 

Parts:  12  boys,  12  girls  ;  time:  about  45  minutes  ; 
no  special  scenery. 

In  Santa  Claus  Land  :  a  Christmas  play  in  rhyme. 
Lebanon,  O.  1904.      March.     25c. 

Parts  :  11  boys,  13  girls  ;  time  :  about  1  hour  ; 
scenes  :  a  nursery  interior  and  in  Santa  Claus' 
house. 

The   Lost   Prince:    a  Christmas  play  in  rhyme. 
Lebanon,   O.   1905.      March.     25c. 

Parts:  6  boys,  9  girls,  more  if  desired  ;  time:  about 
45  minutes  ;  scenes  :  a  palace  interior  and  a 
forest. 

Halifax,  J. 

Santa  Claus'    Reception  :    international  Christ- 
mas play.     N.  Y.     Werner  Pub.  Co.     35c. 

Parts  :  19  boys,  14  girls  ;  time:  about  1%  hours  ; 
scene:  an  interior  showing  fire-place.  Also  pub- 
lished in  Werner's  Readings  and  Recitations,  v.  17. 

Housman,  Laurence. 

Bethlehem :     a    nativity    play.      Lond.     1902. 
Macmillan. 

Parts  :  13  men,  1  woman,  shepherds,  a  chorus  of 
angels,  etc.;  time:  about  I'A  hours  ;  scenes:  on 
the  hills  near  Bethlehem  and  the  interior  of  a  stable. 

Hyde,  Douglas. 

The  Nativity.     (In  Lady   Gregory's  Poets  and 
Dreamers.     N.  Y.    1903.     Scribner.) 

Parts;  5  men,  3  women,  children,  shepherds  ;  time: 
about  30  minutes  ;     scene:  a  stable  interior. 


68  Law-Smi 

Lawton,  Annie  M. 

Who  is  Santa  Claus?  a  play  for  children.  N.  Y. 
1905.     Werner  Pub.  Co.     25c. 

Parts:  1  man,  1  woman,  8  girls,  any  number  of 
fairies  and  brownies;  time:  45  minutes:  scenes: 
home  interiors. 

Ogden,  Ruth. 

Among  the  Pines:  a  children's  play  for  Christ- 
mastide  in  2  acts.  (In  the  St.  Nicholas  Mag- 
azine, November,  1883.) 

Parts:  7  boys,  2  girls;  time:  about  30  minutes; 
scene:  outdoors. 

Santa  Claus  at   Home:  a  Christmas  operetta  by   E. 
C.  W.     Bost.  1883.     Baker.      15c. 

Parts:  1  man,  1  woman,  any  number  of  children; 
time:  about  1  hour;  scene:  the  cave  of  Santa 
Claus.  Words  and  songs  adapted  to  "Pinafore" 
music.  This  operetta  was  written  for  Sunday- 
school  performance. 

Schell,  Stanley. 

Christmas  Cantata;  tragic  romantic  musical  play. 
N.  Y.     Werner  Pub.  Co.     35c. 

Parts:  5  men,  3  women;  time:  about  1  hour;  scene: 
an  exterior.  Also  published  in  Werner's  Maga- 
zine, Decembr^r,  1899. 

Schell,  Stanley,     comp. 

Werner's  Christmas  Book.  N.  Y.  1902.  Wer- 
ner Pub.  Co. 

Contains  selections  in  prose  and  verse  for  Christmas 
entertainments. 

Smith,  Nora  Archibald. 

Christmas  in  Old  England:  suggestions  for  tab- 
leaux.     (In     the     St.     Nicholas     Magazine 
December,  1905.) 


Smi-Wor  69 

Smith,  S.  Decatur. 

Jack  and  Jill:  a  Louisa  Alcott  play  for  Christ- 
mas. (In  the  Ladies'  Home  Journal,  Decem- 
ber, 1906.) 

Parts:  2  women,  7  boys,  6  girls;  time:  about  45 
minutes;     scene:  a  home  interior. 

Trumbull,  Annie  Eliot. 

A  Christmas  Eve  Party:  a  play  for  children,  in 
1  act.  Hartford,  Conn.  Bureau  of  Amateur 
Entertainment. 

Parts:  1  man,  8  boys,  7  girls;  time:  about  1  hour; 
scene:  a  winter  exterior.  For  information  con- 
cerning the  royalty  on  this  play  address  the  pub- 
lishers. 

Watson,  Jeanette  G.     comp. 

A  Chronicle  of  Christmas.  N.  Y.  1905.  Saal- 
feld  Pub.  Co. 

A  compilation  of  verse  and  prose  appropriate  to 
Christmas. 

Wolcott,  Theresa  H.     comp. 

Programs  for  Christmas  Entertainments;  giving 
helpful  lists  of  appropriate  recitations,  songs, 
and  plays.  (In  the  Ladies'  Home  Journal, 
December,  1906.) 

Worrell,  Edna  Randolph. 

The    Toys'    Rebellion.     (In  the  Ladies'  Home 

Journal,  December,  1902.) 

Parts:  18  children,  more  may  be  used;  time:  about 
15  minutes;  scene:  Kris  Kringle's  workshop. 
Awarded  prize  for  the  best  Christmas  parlor  play 
for  children. 


70  Cam-Fog 

See  also  in  General  List: 
Cameron,  Margaret. 

A  Christmas  Chime.  (In  her  Comedies  in 
Miniature.) 

Davis,  Mrs.  Mary  E.  M. 

Christmas  Boxes.      (In  her  Bunch  of  Roses.) 

Fogerty,  Elsie. 

Scene  from  "A  Christmas  Carol."  (In  her 
Scenes  from  the  Great  Novelists.) 

Also  the  Christmas  plays  in  the  St.  Nicholas 
Book  of  Plays  and  Operettas  in  the  list  of 
Plays  for  Children,  and  the  Christmas  plays 
by  A.  M.  Buckton  and  K.  M.  Ric  e  in  the 
list  of  addenda. 


Bibliographies    of   Christmas  Customs, 
Songs  and  Stories. 


American  Library  Association  Booklist,  v.  1,  no.  7. 
November,  1905. 

Beverly  (Mass.)  Public  Library.  Bulletin  for 
December,  1905. 

Boston  Book  Company.  Bulletin  of  Bibliography, 
V.  4,  no.  4.     July,  1905. 

Cambridge  (Mass.)  Public  Library.  Bul'etin  for 
December,  1904. 

Cincinnati  (Ohio)  Public  Library.  Special  Read- 
ing Lists,  nos.  3  and  10. 

Cleveland  (Ohio)  Public  Library.  Special  Read- 
ing List,  no.  2.   Bulletin,  June-November,  1896. 

Evanston  (111.)  Free  Public  Library.  Special  Bulle- 
tin, no.  11. 

J.  Herman  Bosler  Memorial  Library  (Carlisle,  Pa.) 
Bulletin  for  December,  1905. 

Los  Angeles  (Cal.)  Public  Library.  Bulletin  for 
December,  1901. 

McCurdy,  R.  M.  and  Coulter,  E.  M.  Bibliog- 
raphy of  Articles  relating  to  Holidays.  Bost. 
1907.     Boston  Book  Co.     25c. 

71 


72  Pas-Sea 

Pasadena  (Cal.)  Public  Library,  Bulletins  for 
December,  1902,  and  December,  1904. 

Peabody  Institute  Library  (Danvers,  Mass.)  Bul- 
letin for  November-December,  1901. 

Pratt  Institute  Free  Library  (Brooklyn,  N.  Y.) 
Bulletins  for  December,  1904,  and  December, 
1905. 

St.  Louis  (Mo.)  Public  Library.  Bulletin  v.  2,  no. 
10,  1904.     Bulletin  v.  4,  no.  10,  1906. 

Seattle  (Wash.)  Public  Library.  Bulletin  for 
December,  1905. 


Appendix  A 
Plays  Which  May  Be  Appropriately  Given 

Outdoors 

For  data  concerning  these  plays  see  the  General 
List. 

Aldrich,  T.  B. 

Corydon:  a  pastoral. 

Alma-Tadema,  Laurence. 

The  Silent  Voice. 

This  play  calls  for  a  scene   in  a  palace,  but   with 
slight  changes  it  could  be  given  in  a  garden. 

Austin,  Alfred. 

A  Lesson  in  Harmony. 
Bridges,  Robert. 

Achilles  in  Scyros. 
Browning,  Robert. 

In  a  Balcony. 

The  action  of  this  play  might  be  easily  transferred 
to  a  garden  backed  by  a  palace. 

The  Confederates,     anon. 

Davis,  Mrs.  M.  E. 

His  Lordship.— A  Dress  Rehearsal. — The  New 
System,     (in  her  Bunch  of  Roses.) 
Dobson,  Austin. 

Au  Revoir.     (in  his  At  the  Sign  of  the  Lyre.) 
The  Idyll  of  the  Carp,  (in  his  Old-world  Idylls.) 

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74  Dug-Pee 

Dugan,  C.  A. 

A  Gypsy  Girl  of  Hungary.     (In  her  The  King's 
Jester.) 

Euripides. 

The  Alkestis. 

Requires  the  exterior  of  a  palace  in  the  background. 

Gilbert,  W.  S. 
Sweethearts. 

Hertz,  Hendrik. 

King  Rene's  Daughter. 
Hooper,  R.  L.  and  Daniels,  M.  W. 

Alice  in  Wonderland  Continued:  an  operetta. 

A  Copper  Complication:  an  operetta. 

The  Court  of  Hearts:  an  operetta. 
Housman,  Laurence,  and  Barker,  H.  G. 

Prunella;  or.  Love  in  a  Dutch  Garden. 
Howells,  William  Dean. 

An  Indian  Giver. 

Scene  is  laid  on  the  porch  of  a  country  house, 

Longfellow,  H.  W. 

Dramatization  of  the  Song  of  Hiawatha 
Merington,  Marguerite. 

Daphne;  or,  The  Pipes  of  Arcadia. 
Milton,  John. 

Comus. 

The  original  setting  calls  for  a  palace  interior  in  one 
scene  but  this  could  be  dispensed  with. 

Peele,  George. 

The  Arraignment  of  Paris. 


Pol-Bra  75 

Pollard,  Alfred,  ed. 

Noah's    Flood. — The    Sacrifice    of    Isaac.     (In 
his  English  Miracle  Plays.) 

Renard,  Jules. 

Carrots. 

The   scene   is   laid   in   a  courtyard   with  a  gloomy 
house  in  the  background. 

Rostand,  Edmond. 
The  Romancers. 

Schell,  Stanley. 

Real  Thanksgiving. 

Sherwood,  Josephine. 

The  Orientals:  an  operetta. 
Princess  Perfection:  an  operetta. 

Sturgis,  Julian. 

Fireflies. — Halfway  to  Arcady.     (in  his  Comeay 
Sketches.) 

Tarkington,  Booth. 
Kisses  of  Marjorie. 

Tennyson,  Alfred. 
The  Foresters. 

Calls    for  a  banqueting  hall    in    one    scene   but    this 
could  be  dispensed  with. 

Whitehead,  Lucy. 
A  Rustic  Maid. 

Outdoor  Plays  for  Children. 

For  data  see  list  of   Plays  for   Children. 

Allen,  A.  E. 

Fete  in  Flowerland  :  operetta. 

Bradbury,  L.  A. 

A   Lawn  Dance  for  Little  People.     (In  the  St. 
Nicholas  Book  of  Plays  and  Operettas.) 


76  Bro-Syr 

Brooks,  E.  S. 

Friends  or  Foes. 

Case,  Nellie  E. 

A  Dream  of  the  Flowers :  a  cantata. 

Dickinson,  C.  E.  and  Schell,  Stanley. 
Roll  Call  of  the  Nation. 

Field,  H.  D.  and  Field,  R.  M. 

Cinderella. — Trouble  in  the  Garden. 
(In  their  The  Muses  up  to  Date.) 

Fitz-Gerald,  S.  J.  A. 

Birds  of  a  Feather. — The  Flower  Fairies'  Frolic. 

Gaddess,  Mrs.  M.  L. 

Revels  of  the  Queen  of  May :  a  cantata. 

Guild,  T.  H. 

The  Clancey  Kids. 

Nesbitt,  Frank. 

The  Golden  Goose. — Beauty  and  the  Beast. 
(in  his  The  Magic  Whistle.) 

Schell,  Stanley. 

The  Animals'  Plea  to  the  Fairies. 

Seton,  Ernest  Thompson. 
The  Wild  Animal  Play. 

Spofford,  H.  P. 

The  Changeling:  a  flower  and  fairy  masque, 
(in  the  St.  Nicholas  Book  of  Plays  and  Oper- 
ettas.) 

Syrett,  Netta. 

The  Dream-lady. — White  Magic.  (In  her  Six 
Fairy  Plays  for  Children.) 


Appendix  B 
Old  English  Plays 

(Written  before  1700) 

It  would  be  impossible  to  find  plays  of  the 
Elizabethan  era  devoid  of  vulgarity  but  in  those 
given  below  the  offense  lies  in  occasional  speeches, 
which  may  be  cut,  rather  than  in  the  ineradicable 
coarseness  of  the  plot. 

For  data  concerning  these  plays  see  General 
List. 

Beaumont,  Francis,  and  Fletcher,  John. 
The  Knight  of  the  Burning  Pestle. 

Dekker,  Thomas. 

The  Shoemaker's  Holiday. 

Evans,  H.  A.     comp. 
English  Masques. 

Everyman:  a  moral  play. 

Greene,  Robert. 

Friar  Bacon  and  Friar  Bungay. 

Lyly,  John. 
Campaspe. 

Milton,  John. 
Comus. 

Peele,  George. 

The  Arraignment  of  Paris. 

Pollard,  Alfred,  ed. 

English  Miracle  Plays. 
Udall,  Nicholas. 

Ralph  Roister  Doister. 
6  77 


Addenda 

The  following  plays  were  suggested  to  the  com- 
pilers too  late  to  be  read  and  included  in  the  Gen- 
eral List. 

Barnard,  Charles,  and  DeMille,  W.  C. 

The   Forest    Ring:  a  play  for  children.     N.    Y. 
French. 

Branch,  Anna  Hempstead. 

Rose  of  the  Wind:  a  1  act  fairy  play.     In  pro- 
cess of  publication. 

Presented  in  the  winter  of  1906-7  by  the  McDowell 
Club,  New  York. 

Browne,  Dorothea  Gore. 

Sweetbriar:  a  pastoral  with  songs.     Lond.     El- 
kin  Mathews. 

Buckton,  Alice  M. 

Eager  Heart:  a  Christmas  mystery.     Lond.     El- 
kin  Mathews. 

A    Masque    of  Beauty    and   the   Beast.      Lond. 
Elkin  Mathews. 

Burnett,  Mrs.  Frances  Hodgson. 

The  Little  Princess.     N.  Y.     French. 
Dramatization  of  her  story  of  Sarah  Crewe. 

Burton,  G.  E. 

The    Pipe    of    Desire,  and    Other  Plays.     Bost. 
1906.      Old  Corner  Book  Store. 


80  Mar-Syn 

Marshall,  Robert. 

The  Shades  of  Night.     N.  Y.     French. 

Rice,  K.  McDowell, 

Charley's  Country  Cousin:  a  comedy  in  4  acts. 
25c. 

Good   King  Wenceslas:  a  Christmas    play  for 
children.     25c. 

For  terms   and  copies  of   these   plays  address  Miss 
K.  M.  Rice,  Worthington,  Mass. 

Synge,  J.  M. 

Shadows    of    the    Glen. — Riders    to    the    Sea. 
Lond.     Elkin  Mathews. 


INDEX 


Abbot,  The,  scene  from 23 

Achilles  in  Scyros 12 

Acting  i^allads 60,  64 

Adam  Bede,  scene  from 23 

Addenda 79-80 

Aeschylus, 

Prometheus  Bound 9 

Aladdin 58 

Albany  Depot 27 

Alcott,  L.  M., 

Jack  and  Jill,  see  S.  D  Smith's 
Jack  and  Jill;  Little  Men.— 
Little  Women,  see  E.  L.  Gould's 
The  Little  Men  Play.— The 
Little  Women  Play. 
Alcott,  L.  M.  and  Pratt,  Mrs. 
A.  B.  A., 

Bianca 51 

Captive  of  Castile 51 

Comic  Tragedies 51 

Greek  Slave 5i 

Ion 51 

Noma 51 

Unloved  Wife 51 

Aldrich,  T.  B., 

Corydon 9 

Pauline  Pavlovna 9 

AliBaba 52 

Alice  in  Wonderland •_ 58 

Alice    in   Wonderland    Continued 

(operetta) 26 

Alkestis,   The 20 

Allen,  A.  E. 

Fete  in  Flovyerland 52 


Alma-Tadema,  Laurence, 

Silent  Voice 9 

Amazons,  The 36 

American    History,   Plays   dealing 
with,  see  Costume  plays,  Amer- 
ican colonial. 
American    Indians,    Plays    dealing 
with,  see  Hiawatha. 

Among  the  Pines  68 

Animals'  Plea  to  the  Fairies 62 

Antigone 42 

Apple  of  Discord 20 

Apples 44 

Arraignment  of  Paris 35 

As  Strangers 47 

Au  Revoir 18 

Austen,  Jane,  see  R.  Filippi's  Duo- 
logues  and   Mrs.    S.    Mackaye's 
Pride  and  Prejudice. 
Austin,  Alfred, 

Lesson  in  Harmony 10 

B 

Bachelor  Maids 47 

Ballad  of  the  Oysterman 64 

Ballads    for    shadow    pantomimes, 

60,  61,  64 
Bangs,  J.  K., 

Bicyclers 10 

Dramatic  evening 10 

Fatal  Message 10 

Proposal  Under  Difficulties 10 

Worsted  Man 10 


81 


82 


INDEX 


Barbara 29 

Bardell  vs.  Pickwick 18 

Barker,  H.  G.,  see  Housman,  Lau- 
rence. 

Barnard,     Charles,    and    DeMille, 
W.  C, 
Forest  Ring 79 

Barnum,  M.  D., 

Our  Aunt  from  California 10 

Bartlett,  G.  B., 

Giant  Picture-book 61 

Mother  Goose  Operetta 60 

Topsyturvy  Concert 62 

Batchelder,  C.  B., 

Revenge  of  Shari-Hot-Su 11 

Wings  of  Mignonette 52 

Bates,  Arlo. 

Business  Meeting 11 

Gentle  Jury 11 

Baum,  Rosemary, 

Doll's  Frolic 52 

Beaumont,  Francis, 

Masque  of  the  Inner-Temple  and 
Gray's  Inn 21 

Beaumont    Francis,    and    Fletcher, 
John, 
Knight  of  the  Burning  Pestle 11 

Beauty  and  the  Beast  (Bell), 52 

Beauty  and  the  Beast  (Nesbitt) 60 

Beauty  and  the  Beast,  Masque  of 
(Buckton) 79 

Bell,  Mrs.  Hugh, 

Ali  Baba 52 

Beauty  and  the  Beast 52 

Bluebeard 53 

Cinderella 53 

Dean  of  St.  Patrick's 11 

Emperor's  New  Clothes 53 

Fairy  Tale  Plays 52-53 

Fisherman  and  his  Wife 53 

Foolish  Jack 53 

Golden  Goose 53 

Jack  and  the  Beanstalk 53 

Red  Riding  Hood 52 

Rumpelstiltzkin 52 


Sleeping  Beauty 53 

Three  Wishes 53 

Tinder-box 53 

Beringer,  Mrs.  Oscar, 

Holly  Tree  Inn 65 

Berry,  K.  C,  see  Sherwood,  Joseph- 
ine. 

Bethlehem 67 

Bianca 51 

Bibliographies   of    Christmas    Cus- 
toms, Songs  and  Stories 71-72 

Bibliography  of  lists  of  plays 6 

Bicyclers,    The 10 

Birds  of  a  Feather 56 

Birney,  H.  H., 

Shadow-pantomimes 61 

Bit  of  Instruction 44 

Black,  Clementina, 

Kindergarten  Plays 54 

King's  Riddle 54 

Mother  Hubbard's  Tea  Party 54 

New  Year 54 

Queen  of  Hearts 54 

Toy  Shop 54 

Bluebeard 53 

Bobby    Shaftoe   (operetta) 13 

See  also  G.  B.  Bartlett's  Mother 
Goose  Operetta 60 

Bradbury,  L.  A., 

Lawn  Dance  for  Little  People 62 

Branch,  A.  H., 

Rose  of  the  Wind 79 

Shoes  that  Danced 11 

Breaking  the  Ice 46 

Bridges,  Robert, 

Achilles  in  Scyros 12 

Brooks,  E.  S., 

Dickey  Dot  and  Dotty  Dick 62 

False  Sir  Santa  Claus 61 

Friends  or  Foes? 54 

Land  of  Nod 61 

Magic   Pen 54 

Ye  Three  Somber  Young  Gentle- 
men    65 

Brown,  A.  F., 

Quits 12 


INDEX 


83 


Browne,  D.  G., 

Sweetbriar 79 

Browne,  W.  M., 

Red   or  White 12 

Browning,    E.    B.,   see  Aeschylus, 
Prometheus  Bound. 

Browning,  Robert, 

Colprnbe's  Birthday 12 

In  a  lialcony 12 

Return  of  the  Druses 12 

Buckton,  A.  M., 

Eager  Heart 79 

Masque  of  Beauty  and  the  Beast,  79 

Bull  Terrier  and  the  Baby 24 

Bunch  of  Roses 16 

Bunner,  H.  C, 

Bobby  Shaftoe 13 

Seven    Old    Ladies    of    Lavender 

Town 13 

Three  Little  Kittens  of  the  Land 

of  Pie 13 

Three   Operettas 13 

Burglar,  The 13 

Burnett,  Mrs.  F.  H.. 

Little  Lord  Fauntleroy 13 

Little  Princess 79 

Burton,  C.  E., 

Burton's  Amateur  Actor 6 

Burton,  G.  E., 

Pipe  of  Desire 79 

Business  Meeting 11 


Cameron,  Margaret, 

Burglar,  The 13 

Christmas  Chime 14 

Comedies  in  Miniature 13 

Committee  on  Matrimony 14 

Her  Neighbor's  Creed 14 

Kleptomaniac,  The 13 

Miss  Doulton's  Orchids 13 

Pipe  of  Peace 14 

Campaspe 31 

Campbell,  M.  D., 

Open  Secret 14 


Campion,  Thomas, 

Lords'  Masque 21 

Cantatas : 

Christmas  Cantata 68 

Contest  of  the  Nations 57 

Convention  of  Laborers 38 

Dream  of  the  Flowers 55 

Ivy  Queen,  The  56 

Revels  of  the  Queen  of  May 56 

Captain  Lettarblair 33 

Captive  of  Castile 51 

Carroll,  Lewis, 

Alice    in   Wonderland,   see   Mrs. 
Burton  Harrison. 

Carrots 37 

Case,  N.  E., 

Dream  of  the  Flowers 55 

Cathleen  Ni  Hoolihan 49 

Cavazza,  E., 

When   Angry  Count  One   Hun- 
dred   14 

Changeling,  The.  62 

Charley's  Country  Cousin. 80 

Chase,  F.  E., 

Santa  Claus  the  First 65 

Christmas,  Plays  for, 

60,61,  65-70,  79,  80 

Christmas  at  Santa  Claus  House 66 

Christmas  at  Skeeter  Corner 66 

Christmas  Book  (Werner's) 68 

Christmas   Boxes 16 

Christmas   Cantata 68 

Christmas  Carol,  scene  from 23 

Christmas  Chime,  A 14 

Christmas  Customs,  Songs  and  Sto- 
ries, Bibliographies  of 71-72 

Christmas  Dream,  A 66 

Christmas     Entertainments,     Pro- 
grams for 69 

Christmas    Eve    at    Mother    Hub- 
bard's   61 

Christmas  Eve  Party 69 

Christmas  for  All  Nations 66 

Christmas  in  Old  England 68 

Christmas  Joke 67 

Chronicles  of   Christmas 69 


84 

Churchill,  Winston, 

Title-mart 14 

Cinderella,   (Bell) 53 

Cinderella,  (Dugan) 19 

Cinderella,  (Field) 55 

Citoyenne  Denise 30 

Clancey  Kids 57 

Clarke,  M.  C, 

Puck's  Pranks 55 

Clemens,  S.  L., 

Meisterschaft 15 

Colombe's  Birthday 12 

Columbine's  Marriage 59 

Comedie  Royall 44 

Comedies  for  Marionettes 58-59 

Comedies  in  Miniature 13 

Comedy   Sketches 44 

Comic  Tragedies _  51 

Committee  on  Matrimony 14 

Comus 34 

Confederates,  The 15 

Confidence  Game 47 

Contest  of  the  Nations 57 

Convention  of  Laborers 38 

Cooper,  Elise, 

Death  or  the  Emperor? 15 

Sprig  of  White  Heather 15 

Coppee,  Francois, 

Violin  Maker  of  Cremona 15 

See  also  Jerome's  Fennel. 

Copper  Complication  (operetta) 26 

Corydon 9 

Costume  Plays: 

Notb:  Plays  calling  merely  for  fanciful  cos- 
tume, such  as  fairy  plays,  are  not  given  in 
this  list  which  is  limited  to  plays  demand- 
ing definite  historical  costuming. 

American  Colonial: 

Giles  Corey,  Yeoman 24 

Giles  Corey  of  the  Salem  Farms..  30 

In  April  '75 34 

In  the  Wake  of  Paul  Revere 25 

Little  Heroine  of  the  Revolution..  25 

Maid  of  Plymouth 39 

Valley  Forge 31 

American  Indian: 

Hiawatha 30,  31 


INDEX 


English,  13th  Century: 

Lords  and  Lovers 16 

Elizabethan: 

Christmas  in  Old  England 68 

Comedie  Royall 44 

Elizabeth  of  England 40 

Foresters,  The 46 

Marlowe 35 

Ring,  The 31 

Sixteenth  Century  Christmas 16 

See  also  the  list  of  Old  English 
plays 77 

English,  17th  Century: 

Comus 34 

In  the  Reign  of  King  James 34 

Sheep  in  Wolf's  Clothing 45 

English,  18th  Century: 

Critic,  The 41 

Dean  of  St.  Patrick's 11 

Good-natured    Man 24 

Rivals,  The 41 

School  for  Scandal 41 

She  Stoops  to  Conquer 24 

English,  early  19th  Century: 

Cranford 27,  33,  35 

Duologues  from  Jane  Austen 22 

Pride  and  Prejudice 31 

French,  15th  Century: 

Farce  of  Master  Pierre  Patelin....  21 

Gringoire 42 

King  Rene's  Daughter 26 

French,  18th  Century: 

Citoyenne  Denise 30 

King's    Command 46 

French,  early  19th  Century: 

Shoes  that  Danced 11 

German  (Cleves)  17th  Century: 

Colombe's  Birthday 12 

Greek,  Ancient: 

Achilles  in  Scyros 12 

Alkestis 20 

Antigone 42 

Croesus    (arranged   from    Herod- 
otus)   42 

Prometheus  Bound 9 


INDEX 

Indian,  East, 

S^koontali 29 

Irish: 

Cathleen  Ni  Hoolihan 49 

Hour-glass 49 

Land  of  Heart's  Desire 50 

Lost  Saint 28 

Marriage,    The 28 

Pot  of  Broth 49 

Song  of  tiie  Castle  45 

Twisting  of  the  Roj)e 29 

Italian,  18th  Century: 

Man  of  Destiny 41 

Violin  Maker  of  Cremona 15 

Japanese: 

Flight  of  the  Sun  Goddess 20 

Flower  of  Yeddo 32 

Japanese  Romance 58 

Mirror,  The 22 

Revenge  of  Shari-Hot-Su 11 

Russian,  Modern: 

Pauline  Pavlovna 9 

Shepherd,  The 16 

St.  Helena,  1821: 

Death  or  the  Emperor? 15 

Sicilian,  356  B.  C: 

Siege,  The 16 

Spanish,  15th  Century: 

Spanish  Gypsy. 20 

Syrian,  15th  Century: 

Return  of  the  Druses 12 

Court  of  Hearts  (operetta) 26 

Courtship  of  Miles  Standish,  see  S. 
Schell's  Maid  of  Plymouth. 

Crabbed  Age  and  Youth 45 

Cranford,  Ladies  of,  (Home) 27 

Cranford  (Merington)  33 

Cranford  at  Home  (Oldershaw) 35 

Critic,  The 41 

Croesus 42 

Cross,  M.  B., 

Lucky  Trifles 15 

Spoken  Thoughts 15 

Crystal  Gazer 34 


85 


D. 

D.,  S.  J., 

Christmas  Eve  at   Mother  Hub- 
bard's   61 

Daniel,  Samuel, 

Vision  of  the  Twelve  Goddesses...    21 

Daniels,  M.  W.,  see  Hooper,  R.  L. 

Daphne 33 

Dargan,  O.  T., 

Lords  and  Lovers 16 

Shepherd,  The. 16 

Siege,  The 16 

Davenant,  Sir  W^illiam, 

Salmacida  Spolia 21 

Davis,  Mrs.  M.  E.  M., 

Bunch  of  Roses 16 

Christmas  Boxes 16 

D.'-ess  Rehearsal 17 

His  Lordship 16 

New  System 17 

Queen  Anne  Cottages 16 

Davis,  R.  H., 

Dictator,  The 17 

Galloper,  The 17 

Miss  Civilization 17 

Princess  Aline,    The,   see  S.   D. 
Smith's  The  Princess  Aline  Play. 

Dean  of  St.  Patrick's 11 

Death  or  the  Emperor? 15 

Decision  of  the  Court 33 

Dekker,  Thomas, 

Shoemaker's  Holiday 17 

Delectable   Ballad   of    the    Waller 
Lot 64 

DeMille,    W.    C,    and    Barnard, 
Charles, 
Forest   Ring 79 

Denslow,  C.  P., 
Offerings  of  the  Year 65 

Detective  in  Petticoats 20 

Dickens,  Charles, 

Bardell  vs.  Pickwick 18 

Christmas  Carol,  scene  from 23 


86 


INDEX 


Holly  Tree,  see  Mrs.  Oscar  Ber- 
inger's  Holly  Tree  Inn. 
Our    Mutual    Friend,   see   H.   R. 
Shattuck's  Our  Mutual  Friend. 

Dickey  Dot  and  Dotty  Dick 62 

Dickinson,  C.  E.,  and  Schell,  Stan- 
ley, 

Roll  Call  of  the  Nation 55 

Dictator,  The 17 

Dobson,  Austin, 

Au  Revoir 18 

Idyll  of  the  Carp 18 

In  the  Royal  Academy  18 

Proverbs  in  Porcelain 18 

Tu  Quoque 19 

Doll's  Frolic 52 

Dramatic  Evening  10 

Dream  of  the  Flowers 55 

Dream-lady 63 

Dress  Rehearsal 17 

Dugan,  C.  A., 

Apple  of  Discord 20 

Cinderella 19 

Flight  ot  the  Sun  Goddess 20 

Gift  of  Aphrodite 19 

Gypsy  Girl  of  Hungary 19 

King's  Jester 19 

Nino's  Revenge 19 

Pandora 19 

Queen's  Coffer 19 

Sleeping  Beauty 19 

Undine 20 

Duologues    and    Scenes    from   the 

Novels  of  Jane  Austen  22 

E.  C.  W.,  see  W.,  E.  C. 

Eager  Heart 79 

Eggleston,  Edward, 

House  of  Sir  Santa  Claus 60 

Elevator,  The 27 

Eliot,  Annie,  see  Trumbull,  A.  E. 
Eliot,  George, 

Adam  Bede,  scene  from 23 

Mill  on  the  Floss,  scene  from 23 

Spanish  Gypsy 20 

Elizabeth  of  England 40 

Elizabethan  Plays 77 


Elopement  of  Ellen 49 

Emma,  scenes  from 22 

Emperor's  New  Clothes 53 

Enebuske,  S.  F., 

Detective  in  Petticoats 20 

English  History,  plays  dealing  with, 

see  Costume  plays,  English. 

English  Masques 21 

English  Miracle  Plays 36 

Engli  h  Plays  written  before  1700...  77 
Erskine,  Mrs.  Stewart, 

Spade  Heresy 20 

Euripides, 

Alkestis 20 

Evans,  H.  A.  comp. 

English  Masques  21 

Everyman 21,  36 


Fairy  Tale  Plays  (Bell) 52-53 

Fairy  Tale  Plays  ( Nesbitt) 59-60 

Fairy  Tale  Plays  (Syrett)  63 

See  also  Dugan' s  King's  Jester, 
and  the  entire  list  of  Plays  for 
Children. 

Falcon,  The 45 

False  Sir  Santa  Claus 61 

Fantasticks,  The,  see  Rostand's  Ro- 
mancers. 

Farce  of  Master  Pierre  Patelin 21 

Fatal  Message 10 

Fennel 29 

Festival  of  the  Daisies 62 

Fete  in  Flowerland 52 

Field,  Eugene, 

Delectable  Ballad  of  the  Waller 

Lot 64 

Field,  H.  D.  and  Field,  R.  M., 

Cinderella 55 

Lesson  from  Fairyland 56 

Modern  Cinderella 56 

Muses  up  to  Date 55 

Trouble  in  the  Garden 55 

Wooing  of  Penelope 56 


INDEX 


87 


Filippi,  Rosina, 

Duologues   and  scenes    from    the 

Novels  of  Jane  Austen 22 

In  the  Italian  Quarter 22 

Mirror,  The 22 

Fireflies 44 

Fisherman  and  His  Wife  53 

FJtz-Gerald,  S.  J.  A., 

Birds  of  a  Feather 56 

Flower  Fairies'  Frolic 56 

Parting,  The 23 

Waiting  for  the  Train 23 

Five  O'clock  Tea 27 

Fletcher,  John,  see  Beaumont,  Fran- 
cis. 

Flight  of  the  Sun  Goddess 20 

Flower  Fairies'  Frolic 56 

Flower  of  Yeddo 32 

Fogerty,  Elsie, 

Scenes  from  the  Great  Novelists  .  23 

Folk-song,  Old  English 62 

Foolish  Jack  53 

Forest  Ring 79 

Foresters,  The 46 

Fortunate  Isles 21 

Fourth  of  July  Plays: 

Knave  of  Hearts 59 

Roll  Call  of  the  Nation 55 

Stars  and  Stripes  Jubilee 58 

Freeman,  Mrs.  M.  E.  W., 

Giles  Corey,  Yeoman 24 

French  costume  plays,  see  Costume 
plays,  French. 

Friar  Bacon  and  Friar  Bungay 25 

Friends  or  Foes? 54 


Gaddess,  Mrs.  M.  L. , 

Ivy  Queen 56 

Revels  of  the  Queen  of  May 56 

Galatea  of  the  Toy-shop 45 

Galloper,  The 17 

Garroters,  The 27 


Gaskell,  Mrs.  Elizabeth, 

Cranford,  see  M.  B.  Home's  La- 
dies of  Cranford,  M.  Merington's 
Cranford,  and  L.  Oldershaw's 
Cranford  at  Home. 

Gentle  Jury 11 

Giant  Picture-book 61 

Gibson  Play 33 

Gift  of  Aphrodite 19 

Gift  of  the  Fairies 63 

Gilbert,  W.  S., 

Sweethearts 24 

Giles  Corey,  Yeoman 24 

Giles  Corey  of  the  Salem  Farms 30 

Givens,  H.  M., 

Bull  Terrier  and  the  Baby 24 

Gleason,  O.  W., 

Trouble  in  Santa  Claus  Land 66 

Golden  Age  Restored 21 

Golden  Goose  (Bell) 53 

Golden  Goose  (Nesbitt) 60 

Golden  Legend 30 

Goldsmith,  Oliver, 

Good-natured  Man 24 

She  Stoops  to  Conquer 24 

Good  as  Gold  37 

Good   King  Wenceslas 80 

Good-natured  Man 24 

Goose  Girl 60 

Gould,  E.  L., 

"Little  Men"   Play 57 

"Little  Women"  Play 57 

Gowe,  R., 

Jean  Noel 66 

Greek  costume  plays,  see  Costume 
plays,  Greek. 

Greek  Slave 51 

Greene,  Robert, 

Friar  Bacon  and  Friar  Bungay...  25 

Green-room  Rivals 47 

Gringoire 42 

Grundy,  Sydney, 

Man   Proposes 25 

Guide  to  Selecting  Plays 6 

Guild,  T.  H., 

Clancey  Kids,   The 57 


88 


INDEX 


Guptill,  Mrs.  E.  F., 

Christmas  at  Santa  Claus  House..  66 

Christmas  at  Skeeter  Corner 66 

Christmas  Dream 66 

Christmas  for  All  Nations 66 

Christmas  Joke 67 

Contest  of  the  Nations 57 

Holidays'  Carnival 57 

In  Santa  Claus  Land 67 

In  the  Wake  of  Paul  Revere 25 

Little  Heroine  of  the  Revolution,  25 

Lost  Prince 67 

Stars  and  Stripes  Jubilee 58 

Gypsy  Girl  of  Hungary 19 


H 


Half-v?ay  to  Arcady 44 

Halifax,  J., 

Santa  Claus  Reception 67 

Hallowe'en  Festivities 39 

Hallowe'en  play: 

Matchmakers  37 

Hard,  Henry  and  Schell,  Stanley, 
Aladdin 58 

Harrison,  Mrs,  Burton, 

Alice  in  Wonderland 58 

Mouse-trap 25 

Tea  at  Four  O'clock 26 

Two  Strings  to  Her  Bow 26 

Weeping  Wives 26 

Haydn's  "Children's  Symphony,"..  62 

Her  Neighbor's  Creed 14 

Herodotus,  see  Snowe,  Lucy. 

Hertz,  Hendrik, 

King  Rene's  Daughter 26 

Hiawatha 30,  31 

His  Lordship 16 

Hodson,  Shirley, 

Private  Theatricals 6 

Hogg,  Wentworth, 

Guide  to  Selecting  Plays 6 

Holiday's  Carnival 57 

Holidays,  Plays  for  the,  see  Christ- 
mas; Fourtii  of  July;  Hallowe'en; 


Labor  Day;  May  Day;  St.  Val- 
entine's Day;  Thanksgiving. 

Holly  Tree  Inn 65 

Holmes,  O.  W., 

Ballad  of  the  Oysterman 64 

Honor  and  the  Girl 38 

Hooper,  R.  L.  and  Daniels,  M.W., 

Alice  in  Wonderland  Continued..  26 

Copper  Complication 26 

Court  of  Hearts 26 

Home,  M.   B., 

Ladies  of  Cranford 27 

Hour-glass,  The  49 

House  of  Sir  Santa  Claus 60 

Housman,  Laurence, 

Bethlehem  67 

Housman,  Laurence,    and    Barker, 
H.  G., 

Prunella  27 

Howells,  W.  D., 

Albany  Depot 27 

Elevator 27 

Five  O'clock  Tea 27 

Garroters  27 

Indian  Giver 28 

Likely  Story 28 

Mouse-trap 28 

Parlor  Car 28 

Register,  The 28 

Smoking  Car 28 

Unexpected  Guests 28 

Husband  in  Clover 33 

Hutchinson,  M.  F., 

Japanese  Romance 58 

Hyde,   Douglas, 

Lost  Saint  28 

Marriage,  The 28 

Nativity 67 

Twisting  of  the  Rope 2^ 


I 


Idyll  of  the  Carp 18 

In  a  Balcony 12 

In  April  -TS 34 


INDEX 


89 


In  Arcady 63 

In  Santa  Glaus  Land 67 

In  the  Italian  Quarter 22 

In  the  Reign  of  King  James 34 

In  the  Royal  Academy 18 

In  the  Wake  of  Paul   Revere 25 

Indian,  East,  plays,  see  S^koontald. 

Indian  Giver 28 

Indians,   American,   Plays   dealing 

with,  see  Hiawatha. 

Interludes,  Old  English 36 

Intruder,  The 32 

Ion 5i 

Irish    Plays,    see    Costume    plays, 

Irish. 
Italian  costume  plays,  see  Costume 

plays,  Italian. 
Ivy  Queen 56 


Jack  and  Jill 69 

Jack  and  the  Beanstalk 53 

lames,  M.  E., 
What  Shall  We  Act? 6 

Japanese  costume   plays,   see    Cos- 
tume plays,  Japanese. 

Japanese  Romance 58 

Jean  Noel 66 

Jerome,  J.  K., 

Barbara 29 

Fennel 29 

Miss  Hobbs 29 

Sunset 29 

Jonson,  Ben, 

Fortunate  Isles 21 

Golden  Age  Restored 21 

Lovers  Made  Men 21 

Masque    at    Lord    Haddington's 

Marriage 21 

Masque  of  Augurs 21 

Masque  of  Queens 21 

Neptune's  Triumph  for  the  Re- 
turn of  Albion 21 


News  from  the  New  World  Dis- 
covered in  the  Moon 21 

Oberon 21 

Pan's     Anniversary;     or.     Shep- 
herd's Holyday 21 


K 

Kdlid^a, 

SAkoontald 29 

Kelley,  E.  S., 

Old  English  Folk-song 62 

Kindergarten  Plays 54 

King,  G.  G., 

Columbine's  Marriage 59 

Comedies  for  Marionettes 58-59 

Legend  of  St.  Francis 59 

Legend  of  St.  Dorothy 59 

Loyal  Two 59 

Magic  Hat 59 

Mother  Hubbard  and  her  Dog  ...  59 

Snowflake  and  the  Dwarfs 59 

King  Rene's  Daughter 26 

King's  Command 46 

King's  Jester 19 

King's  Riddle 54 

Kingsley,  Charles, 

Saint  Elizabeth 30 

Kisses  of  Marjorie 45 

Kleptomaniac,  The 13 

Knave  of  Hearts 59 

Knight  of  the  Burning  Pestle  H 


Labor  Day  play. 

Convention  of  Laborers 38 

Ladies  of  Cranford 27 

Land  of  Heart's  Desire 50 

Land  of  Nod 61 

Last  Race 32 

Lawn  Dance  for  Little  People 62 

Lawson,  A.  M., 

Who  is  Santa  Claus? 68 


90 


INDEX 


Lee,  Albert, 

Knave  of  Hearts 59 

Legend  of  St.  Dorothy 59 

Legend  of  St.  Fiancis 59 

Le^on  from  Fairyland 56 

Lesson  in  Harmony 10 

Library  lists  on  Christmas 71-72 

Likely  Story 28 

Little  Bridget 63 

Little  Heroine  of  the  Revolution  ..  25 

Little  Lord  Fauntleroy 13 

"Little  Men"  Play,  The 57 

Little  Princess 79 

"Little  Women"  Play,  Th         57 

Loch,  Emil, 

Citoyenne  Denise 30 

Longfellow,  H.  W., 

Courtship  of  Miles  Standish,  see 
S.  Schell's  Maid  of  Plymouth; 

Giles  Corey  of  the  Salem  Farms..  30 

Golden  Legend 30 

Hiawatha 30,  31 

Masque  of  Pandora 31 

Lord,  J.  J., 

Haydn's  "Children's  Sym- 
phony"   62 

Lords  and  Lovers 16 

Lords'  Masque 21 

Lost  Prince 67 

Lost  Saint 28 

Lovejoy,  E.  S., 

Valley  Forge 31 

Lovers  Made  Men 21 

Lowell,  C.  C, 

Prince  Charming's  Fate 59 

Loyal  Two 59 

Lucky  Trifle 15 

Lyly,  John, 

Campaspe 31 

M 

Mackaye,  Mrs.  Steele, 

Pride  and  Prejudice 31 

McMechan,  F.  H., 

Last  Race 32 


MacMillan,  Mary, 

Ring,  The 31 

Rose,  The 32 

Woman's  a  Womau  for  a'  That..  32 
Maeterlinck,  Maurice, 

Intruder 32 

Magic  Hat 59 

Magic  Pen 54 

Magic  Sword 61 

Magic  Whistle 59 

Maid  of  Plymouth 39 

Man  in  the  Case 35 

Man  of  Destiny  41 

Man  Proposes 25 

Mapes,   Victor, 

Flower  of  Yeddo 32 

Marionette  theatre,  how  to  make...  58 
Marionettes,  Comedies  and  legends 

for 58-59 

Marriage,  The 28 

Marshall,  R., 

Shades  of  Night 80 

Mary  Jane,  The  Modern  and  Me- 
diaeval Ballad  of 60 

Masque  at  Lord  Haddington's  Mar- 
riage    21 

Masque  of  Augurs 21 

Masque  of  Beauty  and  the  Beast...  79 

Masque  of  Culture 47 

Masque  of  Flowers 21 

Masque  of  Pandora 31 

Masque  of  Queens 21 

Masque  of  the   Inner-Temple   and 

Gray's  Inn 21 

Masques,  Old  English 21 

Matchmakers,  The 37 

Marthews,  E.  V.  B., 

Six  Cups  of  Chocolate 32 

Matthews,  J.  B., 

Decision  of  the  Court 33 

May  Day  play, 

Revels  of  the  Queen  of  May 56 

Meisterschaft 15 

Merington,   Marguerite, 

Captain  Lettarblair 33 

Cranford 33 


INDEX 


91 


Dapnne 33 

Gibson  Play 33 

Merivale,   H.  C, 

Husband  in  Clover 33 

Mill  on  the  Floss,  scene  from 23 

Milton,  John, 

Comus 34 

Mind  Cure 48 

Minister's  Wooing,  scenes  from...  43 

Miracle  Plays 36 

Mirror,  The 22 

Miss  Civilization 17 

Miss  Doulton's  Orchids 13 

Miss  Hobbs 29 

Mrs   Bagg's  Bargain  Day 37 

Mrs.  Tubb's  Telegram 37 

Modern   and   Mediaeval  Ballad  of 

Mary  Jane 60 

Modern  Cinderella 56 

Mole  King's  Daughter 59 

Montague,  Leopold, 

Crystal  Gazer 34 

Moralities,  Old  English 36 

Morgan,  A.  B., 

In  April  '75 34 

In  the  Reign  of  King  James 34 

Orange  Girl 34 

Mother  Goose  Operetta 60 

Mother  Goose's  Merry  Band 63 

Mother  Hubbard  and  Her  Dog 59 

Mother  Hubbard's  Tea  Party 54 

Mouse-trap,  The  (Harrison) 25 

Mouse-trap,  The  (Howells) 28 

Moving  out 39 

Murdock,  C.  L., 

Sixteenth  Century  Christmas 61 

Muses  up  to  Date 55 


N 


Nance  Oldfield 35 

Nativity,  The 67 

Neptune's  Triumph  for  the  Return 
of  Albion 21 


Nesbitt,  Frank, 

Beauty  and  the  Beast 60 

Golden  Goose 60 

Goose  Girl 60 

Magic  Whistle 59 

Mole  King's  Daughter 59 

Rumpelstiltskin  59 

Nettle,  The 49 

New  System 17 

New  Year,  The 54 

News   from   the   New  World   Dis- 
covered in  the  Moon 21 

Nino's  Revenge 19 

Noah's  Flood 36 

Noma 51 

Northanger  Abbey,  scene  from 22 


o 

Oberon 21 

Obstinate     Family,    see     "Thank 
Goodness  the  Table  is  Spread." 

Offerings  of  the  Year 65 

Ogden,  Ruth, 

Among  the  Pines 68 

Old  English  Folk-song 62 

Old  English  plays 77 

Oldershaw,  Lucian,  ed., 

Cranford  at  Home 35 

Oldtown  Folks,  scenes  from 43 

Open  Secret 14 

Operettas: 

Alice  in  Wonderland  Continued,  26 

Bobby  Shaftoe 13 

Copper  Complication 26 

Court  of  Hearts 26 

Orientals,  The 41 

Princess  Perfection 41 

Seven    Old    Ladies    of    Lavender 

Town  13 

Three  Little  Kittens  of  the  Land 

of  Pie 13 

For  other  musical  plays,  see  Co- 
mus, 34;  Daphne,  33,  and  The 
Worsted  Man,  10. 


92 


INDEX 


Operettas  for  Children: 

Fete  in  Flowerland 52 

Land  of  Nod 61 

Magic  Pen 54 

Mother  Goose  Operetta 60 

Prince  Charming's  Fate 59 

Santa  Claus  at  Home 68 

Orange  Girl 34 

Orientals,  The  (operetta) 41 

Our  Aunt  from  California 10 

Our  Mutual  Friend 40 

Outdoor  plays 73-76,  79 

Owin'  to  Maggie 47 


Packard,  Winthrop, 

Man  in  the  Case 35 

Pair  of  Frauds 42 

Pair  of  Lunatics 35 

Pandora 19 

Pandora,  Masque  of 31 

Pan's  Anniversary  21 

Pantomimes,  Shadow,  ballads  for, 

60,  61,  64 

Parlor  Car 28 

Parting,  The 23 

Pastoral  plays 73-76,  79 

Patelin  21 

Pauline  Pavlovna 9 

Peabody,  J.  P., 

Marlowe 35 

Peele,  George, 

Arraignment  of  Paris 35 

Petticoat  Perfidy 50 

Picking  up  the  Pieces 44 

Pickwick   Papers,   see    Bardell    vs. 

Pickwick. 

Pictures  in  the  Fire 37 

Pinero,  A.  W., 

Amazons 36 

Trelawney  of  the  "Wells," 36 

Pipe  of  Desire 79 

Pipe  of  Peace 14 

Pity,  see  Shirley's  Gringoire. 


Pollard,  A.  W.  comp., 

English  Miracle  Plays 36 

Porter,  B.  C, 

Pictures  in  the  Fire 37 

Pot  of  Broth 49 

Pratt,   Mrs.  A.  B.  A  ,  see  Alcott, 
L.  M. 

Pride  and  Prejudice 22,  31 

Prince  Charming's  Fate 59 

Princess,  The 46 

Princess  Aline  Play 42 

Princess  Perfection  (operetta) 41 

Problems  of  a  Philanthropist 48 

Programs  for  Christmas  Entertain- 
ments    69 

Prometheus  Bound 9 

Proposal  under  Difficulties 10 

Proverbs  in  Porcelain 18 

Prunella  27 

Puck's  Pranks 55 

Pyle,  Katharine, 

Magic  Sword 61 


Q 

Queen  Anne  Cottages 16 

Queen  of  Hearts 54 

Queen's  Coffer 19 

Quits 12 


R 

Ralph  Roister  Dolster 48 

Real   Thanksgsving 39 

Red  or  White? 12 

Red  Riding  Hood 52 

Re-engagement,    The,    see    When 

Angry  Count  One  Hundred. 

Register,  The 28 

Renard,  Jules, 

Carrots 37 

Return  of  the  Druses 12 

Revels  of  the  Queen  of  May 56 

Revenge  of  Shari-Hot-Su 11 


INDEX 


93 


Rice,  B.  E., 

Matchmakers 37 

Rice,  K.  M., 

Charlie's  Country  Cousin 80 

Good  as  Gold 37 

Good  King  Wenceslas 80 

Mrs.  Bagg's  Bargain  Day 37 

Mrs.  Tubb's  Telegram 37 

Successful  Stratagem 38 

Richmond,  G.  S., 

Honor  and  the  Girl 38 

Riders  to  the  Sea  80 

Ring,   The 31 

Rivals,  The 41 

Riviere,  Freda, 

Roses  and  Thorns 38 

Tantrums 38 

Roister  Doister 48 

Roll  Call  of  the  Nation 55 

Romancers,  The 38 

Rose,  The 32 

Rose  and  the  Ring 46 

Rose  of  the  Wind 79 

Roses  and  Thorns 38 

Rostand,  Edmond, 

Romancers 38 

Rumpelstiltzkin  (Bell)  52 

Rumpelstiltskin  (Nesbitt) 59 

Russian    costume    plays,   see    Cos- 
tume plays,  Russian. 
Rustic  Maid 49 


s 

S.  J.  D,,  see  D.,  S.  J. 

Sacrifice  of  Isaac 36 

Saint   Elizabeth 30 

St.   Nicholas    Book   of   Plays   and 

Operettas 60-62 

Note:  For  a  complete  list  of  the 
plays  in  the  St.  Nicholas  Maga- 
zine see  its  Index  published  by  the 
Cumulative  Index  Co.,  Cleve- 
land, O. 
St.  Valentine's  Day 48 

7 


Sdkoontald 29 

Salem  Public  Library, 

List  of  Amateur  Theatricals 6 

Santa  Clans  at  Home 68 

Santa  Claus  Reception 67 

Santa  Claus  the  First 65 

Schell,  Stanley, 

Animals'   Plea  to  the  Fairies 62 

Christmas  Cantata 68 

Convention  of  Laborers 38 

Festival  of  the  Daisies 62 

Hallowe'en  Festivities 39 

Maid  of  Plymouth 39 

Mother  Goose's  Merry  Band 63 

Real  Thanksgiving  39 

Temple  of  Fame 39 

Werner's  Christmas  Book 68 

Schell,     Stanley     and     Dickinson, 
C.  E., 

Roll  Call  of  the  Nation 55 

Schell,  Stanley  and  Hard,  Henry, 

Aladdin  58 

Schmithof,    E.,    see    Mattheves, 
E.  V.  B. 

School  for  Scandal 41 

Scott,  Sir  Walter, 

Abbot,  The,  scene  from 23 

Searle,  Katherine, 

Moving  Out 39 

Secunda  Pastorum 36 

Sense  and  Sensibility,  scene  from....  22 

Seton,  E.  T., 

Wild  Animal  Play 63 

Seven    Old      Ladies    of      Lavender 

Town  (operetta) 13 

Seymour,  E.  M., 

Two  Jolly  Girl  Bachelors 40 

Shades  of  Night 80 

Shadow  pantomimes 60,  61,  64 

Shadows  of  the  Glen 80 

Shaler,  N,  S., 

Elizabeth  of  England 40 

Shattuck,  H.  R., 

Our  Mutual  Friend 40 

Shaw,  G.  B., 

Man  of  Destiny 41 


94 


INDEX 


She  Stoops  to  Conquer 

Sheep  in  Wolf's  Clothing 

Shepherd,  The 

Shepherd's  Holyday 

Sheridan,  R.  B., 

Critic  

Rivals 

School  for  Scandal 

Sherwood,  Josephine, 

Musical  setting  to  Milton's  Co- 

mus  

Princess  Perfection 

Sherwood,    Josephine,    and    Berry, 
K.C., 
Orientals 

Shirley,  Arthur, 

Gringoire 

Shirley,  James, 

Triumph  of  Peace 

Shoemaker's  Holiday 

Shoes  that  Danced 

Shore,  W.  T., 

Two  Old  Children 

Sicilian  costume  plays,  see  Costume 
plays,  Sicilian. 

Siege,  The 

Silent  Voice 

Six  Cups  of  Chocolate 

Six  Fairy  Plays  for  Children  

Sixteenth  Century  Christmas 

Sleeping  Beauty  (Bell) 

Sleeping  Beauty  (Dugan) 

Smith,  M.  H., 

Pair  of  Frauds 

Smith,  N.  A,, 

Christmas  in  Old  England 

Smith,  S.  D., 

Jack,  and  Jill  

Princess  Aline  Play 

Smoking  Car,  The  

Snow,  Lucy, 

Croesus  

Snowflake  and  the  Dwarfs 


24 
45 
16 
21 

41 
41 

41 


34 
41 


41 
42 

21 

17 
11 

42 


16 
9 
32 
63 
61 
53 
19 

42 

68 

69 
42 
28 

42 
59 


Song  at  the  Castle 45 

Song  of  Hiawatha 30,  31 

Sophocles, 

Antigone 42 

Spade  Heresy 20 

Spanish  costume  plays,  see  Costume 

plays,  Spanish. 
Spanish  Gypsy  20 

Spofford,  H.  P., 

Changeling 62 

Spoken  Thoughts 15 

Sprig  of  White  Heather 15 

Stars  and  Stripes  Jubilee 58 

Stowe,  Mrs.  H.  B., 

Dialogues   and    Scenes    from  her 
Writings 43 

Sturgis,  Julian, 

Apples 44 

Comedy  Sketches 44 

Fireflies 44 

Half-way  to  Arcady  44 

Picking  up  the  Pieces 44 

Successful  Stratagem 38 

Sunset 29 

Sutherland,  Mrs.  E.  G., 

Bit  of  Instruction  44 

Comedie  Royall 44 

Galatea  of  the  Toy-shop 45 

Song  at  the  Castle 45 

,  Sweetbriar 79 

Sweethearts 24 

Synge,  J.   M., 

Shadows  of  the  Glen.     Riders  to 
the  Sea 80 

Syrett,   Nena, 

Dream-lady 63 

Gift  of  the  Fairies 63 

In  Arcady 63 

Little  Bridget 63 

Six  Fairy  Plays  for  Children 63 

White  Magic 63 

Wonderful  Rose 63 

Syrian  costume  plays,  see  Costume 
plays,  Syrian. 


INDEX 


95 


Tableaux: 

Christmas  in  Old  England 68 

Giant  Picture  Book 61 

Mother  Goose's  Merry  Band 63 

Pictures  in  the  Fire 37 

Trouble  in  theGarden 55 

Tadema,  see  Alma-Tadema,   Lau- 
rence. 

Tantrums 38 

Tarkington,  Booth, 

Kisses  of  Marjorie 45 

Tarpey,  W.  K., 

Crabbed  Age  and  Youth 45 

Taylor,  Tom, 

Sheep  in  Wolf's  Clothing 45 

Tea  at  Four  O'clock 26 

Temple  of  Fame 39 

Tennyson,  Alfred, 

Falcon 45 

Foresters 46 

Princess 46 

Terris,  C.  H  , 

King's  Command 46 

Thackeray,  W.   M., 

Rose  and  the  Ring 46 

Thank     Goodness     the     Table    is 
Spread 46 

Thanksgiving 

Pictures  in  the  Fire 37 

Real  Thanksgiving 39 

Thomas,  Charles, 

Breaking  the  Ice 46 

Three  Little  Kittens  of  the  Land  of 
Pie,  (operetta) 13 

Three  Operettas 13 

Three  Wishes 53 

Tiffany,  E.  B., 

Bachelor  Maids 47 

Tinder-box,  The 53 

Title-mart,  The 14 

Tommy's  Wife 49 

Topsyturvy  Concert 62 

Toy  Shop,  The  54 

Toys'  Rebellion 69 


Trelawney  of  the  "Wells  " 36 

Trent,  J.  J., 

Owin'  to  Maggie 47 

Triumph  of  Pauline 47 

Triumph  of  Peace 21 

Trouble  in  Santa  Claus  Land 66 

Trouble  in  the  Garden 55 

Trumbull,  A.  £., 

As  Strangers 47 

Christmas  Eve  Party 69 

Confidence  Game 47 

Green-room  Rivals 47 

Masque  of  Culture 47 

Mind  Cure 48 

Problems  of  a  Philanthropist 48 

St.  Valentine's  day 48 

Wheel  of  Progress 48 

Writing  a  Play 48 

Tu  Quoque 19 

Twain,  Mark,  pseud,  see  Clemens, 
S.  L. 

Twisting  of  the  Rope 29 

Two  Jolly  Girl  Bachelors 40 

Two  Old  Children 42 

Two  Strings  to  Her  Bow 26 

u 

Udall,  Nicholas, 

Ralph  Roister  Doister 48 

Uncle  Tom's  Cabin,  scenes  from...  43 

Undine  20 

Unexpected  Guests 28 

Unloved  Wife 51 


Valley  Forge 31 

Violin  Maker  of  Cremona 15 

Vision  of  the  Twelve  Goddesses 21 

w 

W.,  E.  C. 

Santa  Claus  at  Home 68 

Waiting  for  the  Train 23 

Waller   Lot,   Delectable  Ballad  of 

the 64 


96 


INDEX 


Warren,  Ernest, 

Nettle,  The 49 

Warren,  M.  J., 

Elopement  of  Ellen 49 

Tommy's  Wife 49 

Watson,  J.  G.  comp.. 

Chronicle  of  Christmas 69 

Weaver,  Emily,  ed., 

Dialogues  and   scenes    from    the 

Writings  of  H.  B.  Stowe 43 

Weeping  W"ives 26 

What  Shall  We  Act?  6 

Wheel  of  Progress 48 

When  Angry  Count  One  Hundred..  14 

White  Magic  63 

Whitehead,  Lucy, 

Rustic  Maid 49 

Who  is  Santa  Claus? 68 

Wild  Animal  Play 63 

Wings  of  Mignonette 52 

Wolcott,  T.  E.  comp.. 

Programs    for   Christmas    Enter- 
tainments    69 


Woman's  a  Woman  for  a'  That....  32 
Woman's  Wont,  see  Thank  Good- 
ness the  Table  is  Spread. 

Wonderful  Rose 63 

Wooing  of  Penelope 56 

Worrell,  E.  R., 

Toys'  Rebellion 69 

Worsted  Man 10 

Writing  a  Play 48 


Ye  Three    Somber   Young   Gentle- 
men    65 

Yeats,  W.  B., 

Cathleen  Ni  Hoolihan 49 

Hour-glass 49 

Land  of  Heart's  Desire 50 

Pot  of  Broth 49 

Young,  Sir  Charles, 

Petticoat  Perfidy 50 


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